Every year, in Québec, more than 5,000 collisions between a car and a white-tailed deer – or Virginia deer – are reported. These accidents cause human deaths in 4.4% of…

A newcomer has been spending time in our gardens in recent years. It has a bright red body, black legs and antennae, and a prodigious appetite for lilies: first the…

Over the past 40 years, wildlife populations have fallen by 60 per cent around the world due to destruction of natural habitats, pesticide pollution and over-exploitation of natural resources. In…

Many people have a knee-jerk fear of spiders. These arthropods are, however, harmless and play an essential role in the balance of nature. Strictly carnivorous, spiders eat, daily, the equivalent…

In Québec there are more than 70,000 black bears. While the black bear used to live in forests and rural areas, it is now increasingly seen in towns and suburbs….

In French, the name for the peregrine falcon translates as the “pilgrim falcon”, the faucon pèlerin. And yes, with spring, many birds of prey return from their southern winters to nest…

This winter, when you’re traveling along in the forest close to a stream, you may see signs of sliding in the snow. Depending on the width of the impression, it…

The wild turkey: a somewhat awkward new arrival It’s September already. Most of the birds have left or are preparing to migrate to warmer climes. There is one however, a…

Are we all familiar with the chipmunk? This cute, easily-recognized little mammal has a reddish-brown back marked by two white stripes bordered in black. Its common name in French is…

The rich collection found in Mont-Tremblant’s Animalium includes several of the 140 species of dragonflies and damselflies found in Quebec. These large, brightly coloured insects have two pairs of membranous,…