WILDLIFE
Lions of the deep
Scientists investigate declines in Steller sea lions while some fishermen bemoan their existence
Photography by Paul Nicklen

NATURE
Backwoods botanist
Passion and persistence drove pioneer Catharine Parr Traill to create Canada’s first popular guide to wildflowers
By Charlotte Gray

ADVENTURE
The Norwegian connection
A trans-Atlantic sail and an ice-locked winter in the High Arctic in honour of an unsung explorer
By Dane Lanken

INSECTS
Dances with dragonflies
Trudging through Maritime bogs, an amateur entomologist discovers a new dragonfly species
By David Young

ASTRONOMY
Eyes on the skies
The search for an asteroid with Earth’s name on it
By Daniel Wood

Editor’s notebook
In the jaws of the lions

Reverberations
Letters from our readers

GeoWatch
B.C.’s bear necessities, Arctic fossil feud, Elusive cougar

Curious by nature
Mapping migrations

GeoMap
Earth’s nearest neighbours

Reviews
Feeding biotechnology, Iroquois go high-tech, Folk to faux art

Inside Story
Inuit stargazing, Obsessed with orca

Imaginary Landscape
Elizabeth and After by Matt Cohen

A sense of place
Music in the morgue by Jim Meek

Bird’s-eye view
Happy birthday Halifax!