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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.
The idea was floated by a specialist in flies, a South African dipterist who was tired of how little understanding there was of these unloved insects...Read more
Butterflies have existed on Earth for more than 200 million years. In the beginning they would have lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs, with a...Read more
Butterflies Go Free isn’t the only place in town to get a good look at butterflies. Were you aware that many of Québec’s butterfly species can be...Read more
Love it or loathe it, summer’s coming to an end. Soon the trees will be bursting into color, and some birds will be taking off for the south...Read more
Changing customs Humans have been consuming insects since the dawn of time – age-old traces of entomophagy (the fact of eating insects) have been...Read more
For the holiday of love, we all look for ideas to impress the object of our affections. Delightful presents, enticing perfumes, delicate attention:...Read more
We’re so often impressed by human inventions. And yet, nature often got their ahead of us, and a long, long time ago. Insects can inspire at any...Read more