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
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
The tartaruga-da-amazônia finds its way to the Biodôme!
English
January 20, 2015
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
Adventure under the canopy
English
October 1, 2014
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
And yet, it seemed impossible…
English
September 1, 2014
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
Are the Biodôme caimans alive?
English
August 29, 2014
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
Living in the canopy
English
June 13, 2014
Truly lazy? Not at all! The sloth is actually a mammal that’s remarkably well adapted to its arboreal way of life. It’s in this environment, the...Read more
A turtle in the living room – a good idea?
English
January 3, 2014
She looks so cute in her aquarium. She’s little, and you think she’ll stay that way. Once, she used to be sold with a little plastic container...Read more
The curious case of the ailing curassow
English
November 20, 2013
The tall, proud northern helmeted curassow never fails to make an impression on visitors to the Biodôme. This bird, with its haughty demeanour and...Read more
