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Bear 71

by ronan 03 Feb

Bear 71 is the female subject of Leanne Allison and Jeremy Mendes's interactive web documentary produced for the National Film Board of Canada.

Home grown

by amanda 10 Jan

Meet the Yeti crab (Kiwa puravida). This guy is taking the concept of green thumbs to a whole new level of literality by growing his own food on his claws – without sunlight!

Silence of the bears

by amanda 29 Dec

Polar bears don't usually eat each other, but some are resorting to cannibalism to survive. 

At this time of year it's important to pause, take stock, and cry like a little baby when you watch this clip narrated by Sir David Attenborough. 

Friends On Film

by luke 14 Dec

As the cliché goes, dogs are a man's best friend, especially if that man happens to be a 26-year-old Canadian photographer.

Bee good

by rick 22 Nov

Bees are busy. Not only are they one half of the most famous sex education program on the planet, but they're also makers of the sweetest kind.

The Taxidermist

by Smith 09 Nov

We’d never heard of a ‘fleshing wheel’ until we spoke to taxidermist Ryan Hanley for Smith Journal volume one.

FEATHER AND BONE

by Rick 06 Nov

If you love something you set it free, right? Not always. According to the man behind Feather and Bone, Grant Hilliard, if you’re going to eat something then you should at least know where it came from, how it was raised and the way it died.

Visitors to the Dovrefjell-sunndalsfjella National Park in Dovre, Norway, can now fully appreciate the alpine ecosystem without stuffing it up.