Sci/Why

By Claire Eamer Several years ago, I wrote a book about pioneers in science and technology and how they were treated. It is called Before th...

By Claire Eamer The wolf pup cleaned, preserved, and ready for display. Yukon Government photo. More than 50,000 years ago, when most ...

By Larry Verstraete Over the phone, Don Bell is matter-of-fact and modest, as if just about anyone could have accomplished what he, Henr...

By Claire Eamer About 18,000 years ago, during the last ice age, the Yukon was a menagerie of exotic animals – scimitar cats, giant short-...

By Claire Eamer History books are still dominated by the doings of a bunch of white men - and the history of science is no exception. Wh...

By Paula Johanson There are everyday miracles and wonders all around us much of the time. There are wonders to be found even in cities wh...

By Claire Eamer A couple of weeks ago, I posted a blog entry here about archaeological and palaeontological discoveries high in the Yukon...

By Claire Eamer In 1997, as aspen leaves glowed golden and fireweed burned dark red in the early Yukon autumn, Gerry Kuzyk climbed the ste...

One of the reasons I became a children's writer is because I've never grown up. I never have grown out of my fascination for arm-far...

Title: Jurassic Poop Author: Jacob Berkowitz Publisher: Kids Can Press ISBN: 9781553378600 Book Source: library That's right...

Posted by HELAINE BECKER Sometimes life has a funny way of throwing odd coincidences at you. Carl Jung called them "synchronicities,...

I love really old animals. Really, really old animals! Not just dinosaurs, but ancient mammals and sea monsters and proto-birds and mysterio...