/newsroom/taxonomy/term/984/all en /newsroom/channels/news/prize-winning-scholars-advocate-immigrant-women-killer-whales-and-balanced-society-356262 <p>黑料不打烊 University is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of the 2024 <a href="/newsroom/faculty-and-staff/principals-prize">President鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media</a>. The Prize was created to recognize outstanding achievement among those who share their knowledge on a vast range of subjects with the media and the public. This year, there were applicants from 11 of the 12 faculties, a sign that sharing knowledge and a love of learning continue to be embedded in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 DNA.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:01:25 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 310376 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/killer-whales-diet-more-important-location-pollutant-exposure-study-says-352197 <p>Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans鈥� top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales, researchers in the American Chemical Society鈥� <i>Environmental Science & Technology</i> report the levels of legacy and emerging pollutants in 162 individuals鈥� blubber. The animals鈥� diet, rather than location, greatly impacted contaminant levels and potential health risks 鈥� information that鈥檚 helpful to conservation efforts.</p> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:38:07 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307413 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/not-so-sweet-after-all-are-candy-striped-spiders-threat-ecosystems-across-north-america-347859 <div class="bl-tpl">For years, pollinator declines have been a pressing issue for ecosystem health and food security in the face of climate change and human impacts on the environment. Even in their sleep, pollinating insects cannot catch a break 鈥� for fear they鈥檒l be taken down by a small, but mighty predator: the candy-striped spider. Research published in <i>Ecology </i>took a closer look into this spider鈥檚 behaviour and found that the result of their stealth attacks could have substantial impacts on ecosystems.</div> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:48:17 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 298497 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/tastes-differ-even-among-north-atlantic-killer-whales-347500 <p>Killer whales (also known as orcas) are intelligent predators. While it鈥檚 known that killer whales in the Pacific Northwest exploit widely different food types, even within the same region, we know much less about the feeding habits of those found throughout the North Atlantic. Thanks to a new technique developed by a research team led by 黑料不打烊 University, it is now possible to quantify, for the first time, the proportion of different prey that killer whales in the North Atlantic are eating by studying the fatty acid patterns in their blubber.</p> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:30:57 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 297996 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/blueprint-life-forms-mars-339976 <p>The extremely salty, very cold, and almost oxygen-free environment under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in Canada鈥檚 High Arctic is the one that most closely resembles certain areas on Mars. So, if you want to learn more about the kinds of life forms that could once have existed 鈥� or may still exist 鈥� on Mars, this is a good place to look. After much searching under extremely difficult conditions, 黑料不打烊 University researchers have found microbes that have never been identified before.</p> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:11:48 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288211 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/five-mcgill-teams-awarded-funding-new-genomic-integration-program-331618 <p>Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five 黑料不打烊 teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:23:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 269886 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/pcb-contamination-icelandic-orcas-matter-diet-330886 <p><i>Image caption: These killer whales may appear healthy, but a new study has found extremely high levels of PCB contamination in some of the whales. There was a 300-fold difference between the levels of PCBs among the most contaminated orcas compared to the least contaminated ones. The variation was mainly due to their eating habits. CREDIT: Filipa Samarra - Icelandic Orca Project</i></p> Thu, 06 May 2021 14:01:45 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 263707 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/there-no-one-size-fits-all-road-sustainability-patchwork-earth-327883 <p>In a world as diverse as our own, the journey towards a sustainable future will look different depending on where in the world we live, according to a recent paper published in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332221000506?dgcid=author">One Earth</a> and led by 黑料不打烊 University, with researchers from the Stockholm Resilience Centre.</p> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:04:15 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 256393 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/well-built-muscles-underlie-athletic-performance-birds-327669 <p>Muscle structure and body size predict the athletic performance of Olympic athletes, such as sprinters. The same, it appears, is true of wild seabirds that can commute hundreds of kilometres a day to find food, according to a recent paper by scientists from 黑料不打烊 and Colgate universities published in the <a href="https://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/22/jeb234104"><i>Journal of Experimental Biology</i></a>.</p> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:17:00 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 256067 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-world-migratory-bird-day-may-9-322035 <div><a href="https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/">World Migratory Bird Day</a>聽is May 9. The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) and Environment for the Americas (EFTA) have joined forces to strengthen global recognition and appreciation of migratory birds.</div> Tue, 05 May 2020 15:42:51 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 209878 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/why-guillemot-chicks-leap-nest-they-can-fly-266829 <p>Before they have the wing span to actually permit them to fly, young guillemots (also known as murres) leap hundreds of metres off towering cliffs and flutter down towards the sea, guided by their fathers. Scientists have long wondered why these tiny chicks make this remarkable leap, hoping to avoid the rocks below them, in what seems an unlikely survival strategy for a species.</p> Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:03:53 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26762 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/fighting-new-viruses-should-we-make-some-mosquitoes-extinct-nov-23-264273 <p><span>Chris Cloutier will tackle the controversial issue of mosquito eradication聽</span><a href="/macdonald/about/events/fft">November 23 at 7:00 PM during a Food for thought talk at Macdonald Campus</a><span>.</span></p> Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:50:21 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26414 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/flameproof-falcons-and-hawks-247901 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:46:38 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 22469 at /newsroom