We Will Always Have Wasps Coping with biodiversity loss in the Anthropocene The purple martin swallows returned again this year. One of the last populations left in Quebec nests nearby. They occupy only a fraction of the nest boxes they once did, but they cling on. They arrived right on time this year, but the... Continue Reading →
Elegy for the Ash le beagle Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Marian MacNair hears the trees fall in the forest https://lebeagle.qcbs.ca/post/184065654352/elegy-for-the-ash
Tales from a butterflying summer “You count butterflies? They pay you? How do you get that job?” This was a common refrain whenever I explained what I did for a living. And they are right: standing on a rise on a sunny day, overlooking a tangle of greenery with jewelled wings flitting in every direction,... Continue Reading →
They say you can divide the population pretty evenly between those who are afraid of snakes and those of spiders. My best friend and I growing up are typical: Debbe gamely smushed arachnids the size of jawbreakers with her bare hands, while I cowered - embarrassing for a cowgirl. Payback occurred years later, when I... Continue Reading →
As a Canadian Jewish person, there is no higher honour than reading a Leonard Cohen poem in the middle of a hockey arena -Seth Rogan A Bell Centre’s worth of the faithful gathered on the first anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death to mourn his passing and celebrate his legacy at the Tower of Song, a... Continue Reading →
While exiting my car the other day I nearly gashed myself on a World Trade Centre’s worth of rusty metal formerly known as the running board of an ancient and disreputable SUV parked beside me. When I returned to my own car and fired it up, I shared a grin with the SUV’s owner. That’s... Continue Reading →
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