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  • Biosphère of Montreal
    April 12, 2021
    Today, Monday, April 12, 2021, the Government of Canada, the Government of Québec and the Ville de Montréal are joining forces to enable the transfer of the Biosphère’s operations to the Ville de...
  • Cryptophyllium phami
    March 4, 2021
    The Insectarium de Montréal is home to a whole team of insect enthusiasts! Two of these experts are Stéphane Le Tirant and Royce T. Cumming, who set up a rather unusual team four years ago: Team...
  • Bee homing in on a jewelweed flower
    February 10, 2021
    Why do some plants produce small flowers unlikely to attract pollinators?
    When people talk about flowers, they usually talk about ones with bright, contrasting, shimmering colours. Yet not all plants...
  • Jonathan Gagné
    November 4, 2020
    In September 2020, Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan scientific advisor Jonathan Gagné joined the Université de Montréal’s physics department as an associate professor. At the same time, he became an...
  • St-Robert meteorite
    June 25, 2020
    The last meteorite fall in Quebec occurred on June 14, 1994. In a conference on Facebook Live on June 26 at 7 p.m. EDT, the Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan invites you to relive the events surrounding...