Experts: Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Published: 21 August 2025

The first case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever was confirmed in Quebec this week. The tick-borne illness, which can be life threatening, is typically found in the United States....

The power of face time: Insights from zebra finch courtship

Published: 21 August 2024

A new study on songbirds sheds light on the power of social interaction to facilitate learning, insights that potentially apply to human development....

How climate change is affecting where species live

Published: 2 July 2024

As the climate warms, many species are on the move, raising new challenges for policy-makers around the world. Shifts in the ranges of mosquitoes and disease-bearing ticks and bats are introducing...

2024 Beatty Lecture

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 18:00to19:30

Irish author, playwright, and filmmaker Cónal Creedon and Danish evolutionary biologist Eske Willerslev will deliver the 70th Beatty Lecture at McGill University on October 22, 2024. ...

Uncertainty in measuring biodiversity change could hinder progress towards global targets for nature

Published: 16 February 2024

More than ever before, there is a growing interest in dedicating resources to stop the loss of biodiversity, as recently exemplified by the

Stuck in traffic: Researchers identify cellular traffic jams in a rare disease

Published: 10 January 2024

Researchers from McGill University, led by Professor Alanna Watt of the Department of Biology, have identified previously unknown changes in brain cells affected by a neurological disease. Their...

How does one species become many?

Published: 8 January 2024

Evolutionary biologists have long suspected that the diversification of a single species into multiple descendent species – that is, an “adaptive radiation” – is the result of each species adapting...

Expert: Weather extremes influence the rise and fall of insect populations

Published: 3 October 2023

Insect populations are widely influenced by weather anomalies, with decreasing numbers observed during unfavorable conditions and a spike in normal periods, according to a new study. The study...

$3.75 M for new Global Climate Center on AI and Biodiversity Change

Published: 18 September 2023

NSERC Alliance Grant supports McGill-led Canadian team, new global climate center on AI for biodiversity change

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