Old Lost Sea

Old Lost Sea is a natural history of Newfoundland & Labrador.

aka The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis)

Death of a penguin

Spare a thought for the original penguin, our very own great auk

Latest in Old Lost Sea
Rare earths and renewables

One of the regions that could help break the monopoly on rare earths is this very province

Earth, wind or fire?

The problem of powering the province, Part 1, in which a banana turns nuclear, seals become biofuel, and a multinational oil company recommends wind power.

Northwest Cove fossil bone
Monsters of the west coast

Did giant amphibians once roam the Codroy Valley?

Climate change and the lakes of Labrador

The tiniest of creatures have the most to say – and we'd best be listening

East coast trails

Mistaken Point just may be the place where animals first got going