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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.
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 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
Not to worry! This is no infectious disease or rare parasite that’s turned up in the animal collections at the Biodôme, but rather a new species of...Read more
It’s 8:45 a.m., and we’re preparing for the arrival of the first visitors. The mission is clear, the objective is simple, and the importance is...Read more
Once upon a time there was a little female sloth whose lively curiosity about her environment got her into trouble. Her taste for exploration and...Read more
Back to the base Crossing the Drake Passage was smooth, and punctuated by thick fogs. When I arrived in Palmer Station (64 77’S, 64 05’W, Anvers...Read more
September 1, 2014, marked the centenary of the extinction of a species that was once plentiful in the Québec sky. In 1914, with the death of a 29-...Read more
Caimans, those reptiles related to alligators, can stay for long minutes without moving a single one of their scales. Immobile on the beach of the...Read more
Late January 2014. I’ve been called on once again to take part in the work of the team of Dr. Detrich of Northeastern University . His project, which...Read more
When we think of the rich biological diversity in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, what mostly comes to mind are the whales, the seabirds, and the fish (...Read more