Mayne Wildlife
Gunnels
Weekly Sea Discovery: Fish or Eel? The Mysterious Gunnels of Mayne Island While turning over rocks and searching for hidden creatures along Mayne Island’s shores, you may see a long, slippery animal slide into a Read more…
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Land Slugs and Your Garden
It’s true! A slug is essentially a snail with little to no shell. They are part of a class of molluscs called gastropods (from the Greek for “stomach-foot”), just like nudibranchs and whelks. Land slugs are a well-known slimy encounter in Read more…
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Mayne Island Sea Cucumbers
Weekly Sea Discovery: Sea Cucumbers Are Amazing Nutrient Cyclers While kayaking during our eelgrass surveys this week, I looked down and noticed some bright orange specks hidden amongst the algae and kelp. As we went Read more…
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Bay Pipefish
Weekly Sea Discovery: Bay Pipefish and Eelgrass Beds As you walk through or snorkel around the eelgrass beds of Mayne Island, you may not see the excellently camouflaged bay pipefish. Found swaying amongst the eelgrass, Read more…
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Porcelain Crabs
Weekly Sea Discovery: Delicate Porcelain Crabs of the Intertidal While porcelain crabs may look like true crabs, they are more closely related to squat lobsters and hermit crabs. They have flattened bodies so they can Read more…
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Citizen Science, and the Crows and Ravens of Mayne Island
Have you ever wondered about the difference between Northwestern Crows and Common Ravens, two of Mayne Island’s Corvid bird species? The Mayne Island Conservancy is eagerly anticipating a visit by Dr. Ben Freeman, postdoctoral fellow Read more…