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Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets
July 03, 2025 - 12:43 PM

Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a haystack — the haystack being a 137-hectare park on Vancouver Island, and the needle being a 1.5-metre-long boa constrictor.
Climate change is driving a rise in tick-borne diseases. Here's what to know.
June 28, 2025 - 3:00 AM

TORONTO — A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction of lesser-known tick-borne diseases, public health specialists say.
Fierce-looking B.C. fossil confirmed as new genus, days after death of discoverer
May 23, 2025 - 8:19 AM

Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on.
Loggerhead turtle rarely seen in B.C. waters is rescued, suffering hypothermia
February 07, 2024 - 4:45 PM

VICTORIA - When B.C. marine scientist Anna Hall encountered a very lost loggerhead turtle in waters near Victoria over the weekend, she knew it faced a grim fate at sea.
B.C.'s new fossil emblem an 80-million-year-old marine reptile called elasmosaur
October 26, 2023 - 5:42 PM

VICTORIA - British Columbia has officially designated a large, fierce-looking marine reptile that swam in waters off Vancouver Island 80 million years ago as the province's official fossil emblem.
Tortoise, Frank the Tank, found wandering in a B.C. field of bok choy needs home
October 17, 2023 - 5:57 AM

VANCOUVER - With a name like Frank the Tank, you might think nothing could stop the 16-kilogram sulcata tortoise, but wandering alone on farmland near Richmond, B.C., certainly slowed him down.
Long-necked marine reptile from 80 million years ago to become B.C.'s fossil emblem
October 04, 2023 - 5:34 PM

VICTORIA - A large, fierce-looking marine reptile with a mouthful of pointy teeth that made its home about 80 million years ago in Vancouver Island waters could soon become British Columbia's official fossil emblem.
Ball python that went missing in Victoria found hiding under vehicle
August 12, 2020 - 8:00 PM

VICTORIA - Police say a large snake that went missing somewhere in a Victoria-area neighbourhood was found hiding under a vehicle.
Search for missing ball python, one month after it slithered off near Victoria
August 04, 2020 - 4:19 PM

VICTORIA - Police say a large snake is missing somewhere in a Victoria-area neighbourhood.
B.C. holds vote for favourite fossil after museum gets 18,000 donated
November 19, 2018 - 11:12 AM

COURTENAY, B.C. - British Columbians who haven't yet marked their ballots in a referendum on electoral reform could distract themselves a little longer by voting for an official fossil symbol for the province.
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Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets

Climate change is driving a rise in tick-borne diseases. Here's what to know.

Fierce-looking B.C. fossil confirmed as new genus, days after death of discoverer

Loggerhead turtle rarely seen in B.C. waters is rescued, suffering hypothermia

B.C.'s new fossil emblem an 80-million-year-old marine reptile called elasmosaur

Tortoise, Frank the Tank, found wandering in a B.C. field of bok choy needs home

Long-necked marine reptile from 80 million years ago to become B.C.'s fossil emblem

Ball python that went missing in Victoria found hiding under vehicle

Search for missing ball python, one month after it slithered off near Victoria

B.C. holds vote for favourite fossil after museum gets 18,000 donated

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