Garlic Mustard: a little-known invasive species
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May 28, 2019
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
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The western chorus frog: a species to protect
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April 25, 2019
What is that frog that regularly makes headlines in the Montréal area – the western chorus frog? It’s a tiny frog less than four centimeters long...Read more
Why does Rudolph the reindeer have a red nose?
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December 18, 2018
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
A terrible pest at our door!
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September 18, 2018
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
Alternative medicines at the service of animal wellbeing
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September 11, 2018
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
Architects by nature
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August 14, 2018
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
The common murre and its island (part two)
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June 26, 2018
In my earlier article I presented the murre and its favorite Québec habitat: Bonaventure Island. The murres’ almost simultaneous departure in great...Read more
The common murre and its island (part one)
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June 26, 2018
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
The chipmunk, an original rodent
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June 12, 2018
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
Parasites dwell in us!
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May 2, 2018
The uneasy relationship between parasites and human beings goes back a long way. Some of them have been with us since the appearance of Homo sapiens...Read more
