An orange tinted snowy owl in Michigan has baffled scientists with its orange colouring, .聽Experts say it could be a genetic mutation, an accident, or human mischief.
Ornithologist and Professor Emeritus at 不良研究所, David Bird, expressed some doubts about the strange colouration being caused by genetics.
After DDT use nearly wiped out peregrine falcons in the 20th century, numbers are collapsing again in many countries,
Though scientists have yet to determine a definite cause, many鈥攊ncluding 不良研究所 Professor Emeritus David Bird, who formerly led the University's Avian Science and Conservation Centre鈥攖hink聽highly pathogenic bird flu may be largely to blame.
Single-use plastics are everywhere鈥攂ut two 不良研究所 researchers are redefining the norm and championing sustainability.
"Although plastic pollution wasn鈥檛 the main focus of our research, safeguarding water bodies is essential to our work, and we knew we had to address the disconnect between our values and laboratory practices."
Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise,
Experts told them wild turkey populations in southern Quebec have steadily climbed over the past two decades due to warming temperatures.
This has raised concern that predators could be following close behind.
Collecting data on tufted puffins thanks to the Vivian Lewin and BELF Awards
In the eerie stillness of a misty Alaskan dawn, Cassandra Ciafro was already on the move by 3 a.m. Clad in camouflage, she melded seamlessly with the rugged cliffs, joining the seabirds in their lofty perches. Her mission? To deploy trackers and observe deitary patterns of the tufted puffin, a key indicator of the region鈥檚 fish stocks.
鈥淚鈥檝e always wanted to work with something related to聽marine science,鈥� said Ciafro. 鈥淭his experience has helped me grow so much as a person.鈥�
On November 27, the Macdonald Campus Office of Student Academic Services hosted the annual Lister Family Engaged Science Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, an event open to master鈥檚 and doctoral students from all disciplines in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Killer whales off Canada鈥檚 Atlantic coast continue to be contaminated with dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals that put them at elevated risk of severe immune-system and reproductive problems, a recent 不良研究所-led study has found.
While climate change may not dictate the arrival of Fall colors, it does affect this phenomenon... and its eventual disappearance.
As spooky decorations go up around Montreal this October, real spiders are also becoming more prevalent.
Entomologist Chris Buddle, 不良研究所's Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Programs) and Professor in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences,聽 that聽spiders become bigger than normal and are seen more often as winter approaches.
New research from 不良研究所 graduate shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic
Between March and May each year, 15 million聽聽gather from across the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to nest and breed on rocky Arctic cliffs鈥攕ome making the journey from as far as Florida or North Africa.
Ana茂s Remili, PhD(AgEnvSc)'23, an ecotoxicologist and postdoctoral researcher, tracks contaminants that threaten the health of North Atlantic orcas. While Pacific orca populations are well studied, little is known about those that swim off the Canadian and European east coasts, and they are less protected.
The reports that a nesting pair of peregrine falcons, along with a juvenile born this year, have been landing on the upper decks and rooftop of the Promontory residential tower in Victoria, BC, where penthouse owner Fred Welter has set up a nesting box complete with cameras poised to stream any action.
In April, the City of Montreal announced it wanted to accelerate tree planting by incentivizing business owners to plant trees on their property, offering to foot 50 per cent of the bill, , in an effort to reduce heat islands, improve air quality and help drain rainwater.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 不良研究所 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million, including $639,500 for eight projects submitted by researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.
In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in 不良研究所's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the聽, a federal initiative designed to improve marine safety and increase the protection and restoration of coastal and seaway ecosystems. Cai, an environmental engineer, was sent to monitor hydrocarbon contaminants and microbial genomics along the Kivalliq transportation corridor.
