Author - Laura Griffin

My love of the cold winter and darkness has drawn me to Alert, the northernmost continuously inhabited settlement on the planet. There is a certain beauty in...

There is something magical about going to sleep in the winter and waking to the landscape covered in hoarfrost. It is one of my favourite times to go on a...

I was enjoying the warm chinook weather one fine winter day when my eyes caught sight of the bright red warning colours of a ladybug creeping along the road...

Photo by Brenda Griffin There are many myths and legends around wolves, the big bad wolf of fairytales, the werewolf of nightmares but none seem to be as...

I’m not sure if my parents would have been pleased or disappointed that for as long as I can remember there was only one item on my Christmas wish list. It was...

I feel negligent for writing articles about nature for this long without featuring the real “star” of the show, the player without which none of these other...

October is a time to appreciate all the fall colours both on the leaves of our trees and in the migrant birds who are passing through our neighbourhoods. One...

One of my favourite sightings in Autumn is that of the male ungulates with their delightfully polished antlers protruding from their heads. Whether deer, elk...

Few moths make someone stop in awe or pull out a camera as often as the sphinx moths of our province. These nocturnal moths can be drawn to lights where they...

Photo by Jackie Sills Happy Canada Day. There is one bird who sports their Canadian identity with pride more than any other: the Canada Goose. Now seen in...