Le Beagle reprendra ses posts réguliers en août / Le Beagle will return to posting regularly in Aug Conférences, travail sur le terrain, cours intensifs, et bien sûr quelques plaisirs d’été ! L’équipe Beagle reprendra ses activités régulières au mois d’août ! Nous sommes impatients de continuer à partager les articles des étudiant.e.s et des...

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By Allegra Spensieri, MSc student at Concordia University I’m in disbelief The most gorgeous female seen Right in front of me This is not tasty Next time I’ll try a flower What was I thinking? Hi science people I watch you write these each day Please let me help you Silly scientist I don’t move...

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Photograph by Roberta D’Camp, a MSc student at l’Université de Montréal A Magicicada sp. photographed in Eastern Iowa, USA during a trip to see the emergence of the 17-year periodical cicada brood XIII. The photograph captures it flying from one branch to another. The striped tymbals, the organs it uses to produce its loud calls, are visible...

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By Veronica Groves, a PhD student at McGill University The last time I was in Uganda, I was an undergraduate student participating in McGill’s Africa Field Study Semester in the winter of 2020. Our term ended abruptly in Tanzania on March 15th, 2020 for obvious reasons (worldwide pandemic). However, when I left Lake Nabugabo, during...

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Par Paul Savary, Post-doctorant à Concordia University En janvier 2024, j’ai eu le plaisir de voyager depuis Montréal jusqu’à Prague, troquant l’hiver québécois pour le froid matinal non moins piquant de l’Europe centrale. Une fois mon horloge biologique calée sur le rythme de l’horloge astronomique de la capitale historique de la Bohême, j’ai profité de...

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Photograph by Alexandre Turmaine, a MSc student at McGill University Through this  photograph, we get to peer into the excavation process of worker California Harvester Ants  (Pogonomyrmex californicus) expanding their burrow. Thanks to their strong exoskeleton and their tiny  proportions, ants are remarkably proficient at carrying loads many times their own body weight. These  two...

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By Mikaela Gerwing, a PhD student at Concordia University Bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) are famous for their use of tools, using large stones to crack open fruits. This is a skill that is necessary for their survival that is passed down through social learning, and trial and error – so what happens when a...

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By Brielle Comartin, a MSc student at McGill University I recently had the opportunity to present my Master’s research at the International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS 2024). Although the conference was not international for me (it took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia), over 300 people attended from all over the globe, including places...

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Photograph by Alexandre Turmaine, a MSc student at McGill University This photograph, taken in central Arizona, pictures a Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) in the middle of his push-up reps. This brightly coloured reptile marks its territory and asserts its  dominance in front of other males with none other than grueling push-ups in the heat...

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By Lidia Colejo Durán, a PhD candidate at Université de Sherbrooke Introduction During my recent visit to Western Australia, where I was invited as a speaker for a seminar at Curtin University in Perth, I had the remarkable opportunity to explore the state. While there is so much about the region that I could talk...

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