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2023 Gold Key Awardees Named

Published: 23 March 2023

Congratulations to students Arthur Bégin, Defne Helvacioglu, Estee Ngew and Meryem Talbo, recipients of the 2023 Macdonald Campus Gold Key Award for service to the Macdonald community....

Are candy-striped spiders a threat to North American ecosystems?

Published: 27 April 2023

Research published in Ecology took a closer look into the candy-striped spider’s diet and behaviour and found that these spiders use a variety of tactics to take down prey much larger than...

L’Arboretum Morgan, pour admirer la faune et la flore

Published: 18 July 2023

L'Arboretum Morgan, qui s'étend sur 245 hectares de réserve forestière, abrite 170 espèces d'oiseaux, 30 types de mammifères et une myriade d'insectes et de plantes. Ses divers habitats, dont des...

Will California floods impact Quebec's food availability and price?

Published: 28 August 2023

“In Quebec, it hasn't been good this year either. We lose California, there's still Florida, there's still Mexico. We hope that it goes well somewhere because we will pay for it, one day," McGill...

Oh my gourd! Giant pumpkins in Lennoxville, QC

Published: 27 September 2023

With fall officially here, it's time for Lennoxville, Quebec's annual Giant Pumpkin Festival, where people can see pumpkins that weigh as much as 680 kilograms....

Analyzing the fat of killer whales reveals what they eat

Published: 20 April 2023

Scientists are studying the diets of the oceans’ top predators as they change in response to their environments. This is because how much and what they eat can affect how ecosystems function....

The Mystery of the Vanishing Kestrels: What’s happening to this flashy falcon?

Published: 28 June 2023

The number of American kestrels has dropped sharply. That goes against the trend for birds of prey, broadly seen as a conservation bright spot....

Canada’s devastating wildfire season prompts calls for new approach

Published: 16 August 2023

The wildfires that ravaged Canada this summer have some experts calling for a more aggressive approach than the country has applied in the past. ...

The Impact of Wildfires on Birds in Canada

Published: 20 September 2023

This was the worst year for Canadian wildfires on record and though fire season is not yet over, we can already start to see and look at some of the impact of fires on our ecosystems across the...

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