Fathom the Deep

From the Royal BC Museum

• Our Closest Invertebrate Relatives

See the Fall 2014 edition of What’s inSight for Invertebrates Collection Manager Heidi Gartner’s article about tunicates, small invertebrates also known as sea squirts.

• Into the Deep

Summer intern Rafaela Mendes writes about her work on specimens collected from a hot water community in an area of active underwater volcanic activity. Watch a video about hydrothermal vents here.

• Discovering Diversity Part 1
• Discovering Diversity Part 2
• Discovering Diversity Part 3
• Discovering Diversity Part 4

Former Curator of Invertebrates Dr. Melissa Frey writes about the significance of museum collecting and research on British Columbia’s coast.

• New Species of Glass Sponge

A February 2015 press release describes how glass sponge world expert and Royal BC Museum Research Associate Dr. Henry Reiswig discovered and named a new species of marine glass sponge.

 

Outside Links

These links will take you away from the Learning Portal. Come back soon!

•  Oceans Network Canada

Visit this extraordinary website for images, audio and video of ocean life, much of it off the coast of British Columbia.

• Hakai Institute Nature and Science Videos

Check out these gorgeous and educational videos about coastal British Columbia sea life.