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Their extensive live and naturalized collections, their educational capacities and their scientific research all contribute to the unique character of our museums.
Like all creatures in the animal kingdom, sloths have to excrete metabolic waste in order to keep their bodily functions working properly. In other...Read more
As humans, we live in a mostly visual domain and we get around in the diurnal world thanks to our sense of sight. Our perception of colors enables us...Read more
The dodo is a species of bird that went extinct between the years 1650 and 1690. Last year, the Cercles des jeunes naturalistes (CJN) decided to dust...Read more
Another beautiful day begins in the Biodôme’s hot, humid tropical rainforest . I’m already scanning the canopy, looking for a popular, but hard to...Read more
I spent time recently gathering material about a fascinating animal. A primitive and to all appearances harmless animal, but one that could very well...Read more
Behind the scenes at our institutions, there are all kinds of individuals who cultivate the art of understanding and caring for our live collections...Read more
Biodôme visitors can now observe, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ecosystem , an exceptional bird, one that is rarely if ever seen in captivity. This is...Read more
Behind the scenes at our institutions, there are all kinds of individuals who cultivate the art of understanding and caring for our live collections...Read more
Red-eyed vireos, cardinals, cedar waxwings… Corpses by the thousand blanket the ground. In Lennox, Ontario, 10,000 birds died over two rainy nights...Read more
On the occasion of Earth Day, the Biodôme is pleased to present the project of a young Dutchman who’s harboring a potential for hope that all of us...Read more