In 2023 and 2024, the three of us spent two five-week field seasons on Sable Island, a tree-less environment in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It was originally settled in 1801, when a life ...

Sable Island, one of Canada’s farthest offshore islands, is an isolated and rugged place. But for the world’s biggest breeding colony of grey seals, it’s the ideal winter home. In 1960 ...