Cover Image: Brianna Fasoli, March 2026 By: Becca Carballal, Contributing Writer The possibility of bringing extinct animals back from the … More
Category: c – Environment & Ecology
Includes pieces about the environment, ecology, biodiversity, animals, and evolution.
Cloudy skies could point to brighter days ahead
Future scientists could spray tiny particles into the atmosphere with airplanes. This technique, called stratospheric aerosol injection, would likely cause … More
Parasitoidism acquaints a wasp with strange bedfellows
Virus particles used as gene delivery vectors by parasitoid wasps—and people? Cover image: Signe Dixon, February 2026 By: Jacob Van … More
Where is the St. Lawrence headed?
Cover image: May Wang, February 2026 By: Quinny Boyle, Contributing Writer Stretching from Lake Ontario, past Montreal, and out to … More
Origins of the nervous system as told by sea sponges and comb jellies
Cover Image and Figures: Auden Akinc, February 2026 By: Jacob Van Oorschot, Contributing Writer Who branched off first: comb jellies … More
Parallels in global food insecurity: Examining pollinator decline and assessing an ecological collapse through arctic entomology
Can Arctic Entomology Predict the Future of Global Food Security?
Are biodegradable plastics the solution to the plastic crisis?
by Pauline Hughes, Contributing Writer As you make efforts to be a more environmentally-conscious consumer, labels like ‘biodegradable,’ ‘compostable,’ ‘sustainable,’ … More
Career conversations with a conservationist
Sarah goes back to the K’tzim-a-deen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary every year to hang out with bears. Pictured here are a … More
Too cute to die: How human emotions influence wildlife conservation
by Louise Durand, Contributing Writer Estimating the number of endangered species on earth is difficult, as we haven’t yet studied … More
Frogs as pets
(Above: The author as a young child with his father’s garden pond in the background.) by Gabriel Forest, Contributing Writer … More
What’s in a name?
Written By: Katharine Kocik In terms of classifying organisms, names usually reveal a great deal about a species. The familiar … More
Sustainable farming (feat. Rocks!)
Climate change is one of this generation’s most persistent and pressing problems. It not only affects sea levels, habitats, and … More
Insects for a snack?
by Loloah Chamoun If I told you that I could incorporate insects into your diet without you even noticing, would … More
Industrial agriculture
by Dima Mutran Did you know that 82% of starving children in the world live in countries where food is … More
Isn’t evolution JUST a theory?
“Isn’t evolution JUST a theory, anyway?” This confusion is a prominent one. It stems from the multiple definitions of the … More
A silver (or mother-of-pearl) lining
Located in a coastal region at the southern tip of Ross Island – a scant 1,360 km north of the … More
[Author Profile] Aaron Eger, role of parrotfish community composition as an indicator for species richness in Bajan coral reefs
Aaron Eger is proof that there is biology research can be more than pipetting and cell cultures. He has come a … More
Black holes and dinosaurs
So the last topic was on the idea of infinity (remember that we have to be careful about infinity – … More
Why do apes still exist?!
One of the leading arguments many evolution critics propose is: If humans descended from apes, why are there still apes?! This … More
A Darwinian perspective
This semester, I have undertaken an independent study under the supervision of Dr. Ehab Abouheif and Dr. Anila Asghar investigating the … More
Collaboration and clean-energy at Polytechnique
Can Quebec run on only clean energy? At Polytechnique Montréal on a Tuesday night, four speakers from four institutions sought … More
Q&A with freezing-rain researcher Sophie Splawinski
Sophie Splawinski is an MSURJ contributor studying in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill. Her research into … More