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On numerous occasions in the history of life on Earth, land animals have developed, after lengthy evolution, adaptations that allow them to live in...Read more
Written on May 28, 2019 To the most prevalent invasive plants – like the formidable common reed, buckthorn and Eurasian watermilfoil – we have to add...Read more
What is that frog that regularly makes headlines in the Montréal area – the striped chorus frog? It’s a tiny frog less than four centimeters long...Read more
Rudolph is the red-nosed reindeer. But why do we say he has a red nose? Is it a bioluminescence phenomenon, the way it is with fireflies? A well-...Read more
The starry sky beetle, or Asian longhorned beetle , is a pest that made its way from China and Korea to the American continent via the shipping of...Read more
Who hasn’t heard about acupuncture by now? Or massage therapy? If we haven’t had one or the other ourselves, we all know at least one person who’s...Read more
In stories we often come across animals that act like us and that live in houses. However charming that would be, the reality of the ways they...Read more
In my earlier article I presented the murre and its favorite Québec habitat: Bonaventure Island. The murres’ almost simultaneous departure in great...Read more
Are you familiar with the common murre? Not very well known to the general public, it’s nonetheless a highly important species of seabird in the Gulf...Read more
Were you aware that the name of the chipmunk genus is Tamias, from the Greek for treasurer or steward? In Québec the eastern chipmunk is known as a “...Read more