Familiar with the dodo?
English
July 2, 2015
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
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The question most often asked at the Biodôme: Where’s the sloth?
English
June 18, 2015
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
Magnificent and terrible jellyfish
English
June 5, 2015
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
Face-to-face with a veterinarian: Jacques Dancosse
English
May 25, 2015
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
A red-throated Loon at the Biodôme, a rarity in a zoo setting
English
May 1, 2015
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
Face-to-face with an animal keeper: Jean-Philippe Gagnon
English
April 27, 2015
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
Fatal attraction: light that kills
English
April 24, 2015
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
That young man who wants to clean up the oceans
English
April 17, 2015
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
Bioluminescence
English
April 3, 2015
You’re sitting by a fire, on a summer night, and suddenly pinpoints of yellow light keep appearing and disappearing all around you. It’s fascinating...Read more
A season of light
English
February 27, 2015
A season to look forward to Spring isn’t far off, a wonderful season synonymous with the return of warmth, crocuses breaking through the snow and the...Read more
