conservation
Canada Post stamps raise awareness for endangered frog species
May 22, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Canada Post has released new stamps to help raise awareness for two endangered frog species in Canada, the Fowler’s toad and the Oregon spotted frog. The Peak spoke to Eli Yarhi, manager of stamp development at Canada Post, on raising awareness for endangered species and its impact on the environment. “The two endangered frogs featured on this stamp issue, they can tell us a lot about the changes that are occurring within the natural world,” Yarhi said. He noted “amphibians are resilient [and] it takes a considerable amount of environmental damage to reduce their populations.”…
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Exploring the shift from whale oil to palm oil and its impacts on orangutans
November 9, 2023By: Andreea Barbu, SFU Student On October 23, Akamine Jun, a professor at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, presented findings from his research at a lecture in the SFU David Lam Centre. His research interests…
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Improving Indigenous sovereignty could improve ocean health and conservation
July 8, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, Staff Writer SFU associate professor Anne Salomon’s research reveals differences of Indigenous small-scale fisheries compared to industrial commercial fisheries. In an interview with The Peak, Salomon found the biggest difference is the “intensity of harvest and…
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SFU professor launches study to protect monarch butterfly population
June 11, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer PhD candidate Rodrigo Solis-Sosa and his team have launched conservation efforts to primarily protect the eastern monarch butterfly species on North America’s east coast. Their research focuses on testing different types of milkweed plant…
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SFU researchers on healthy ageing and effective wildlife conservation
April 4, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Super seniors are not couch potatoes The longest living elderly in Canada generally have parents who live longer than average, but according to Angela Brooks-Wilson, a SFU biomedical physiology and kinesiology professor and distinguished scientist at…
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The best way to save frogs and snowboarders
February 22, 2018By: Agnetha de Sa Saving endangered species on a budget The best method to recover Canada’s endangered amphibian, the Oregon spotted frog, is captive breeding, according to SFU researchers. SFU ecologists Amanda Kissel and Wendy Palen worked with the…
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