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October 14, 2020

Virtual Biology Butterfly Show Comes in for a Landing

The Annual Biology Butterfly Show is one of Carleton’s most anticipated events each year. For the past 21 years, community members, students, staff and faculty members have walked through the Nesbitt Biology Building’s greenhouse as... More

August 21, 2020

Carleton’s Alex Wong Works Toward Reusable Face Masks by Eliminating COVID-19 with Ultraviolet Light Technology

Carleton University Biology Prof. Alex Wong is working on a unique research initiative to decontaminate medical face masks exposed to COVID-19 with ultraviolet light technology. The idea was sparked in March when there was a... More

August 4, 2020

Journey of Discovery: Carleton’s Amy Rand Focuses on Pollutants

As a poster designed to disrupt stereotypes and inspire careers in chemistry, it was simple. The image: a man watching a polar bear amid the Arctic snow. The caption: “Not all chemists wear white coats.”... More

May 8, 2020

Tracking Fish in Canada’s North to Boost Food Security

Canada’s coastline is 243,042 kilometres long -- far longer than that of any other country. If you stretched out the shoreline of every island and inlet, it would wrap around the equator six times over... More

January 16, 2020

Carleton Remembers: Honouring Those Lost in Tragic Plane Crash

Hundreds of Carleton University students, faculty, staff and members of the broader Ottawa and Iranian-Canadian communities gathered on campus Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 to honour and celebrate the lives of our student and alumnus and... More

October 21, 2019

Deep Dive Into Underwater Scientific Research

As Chaffey's Lock fills with 1.3 million litres of water, Carleton Biology Prof. Nigel Waltho gives his class a quick pep talk. "The focus for these remaining morning dives, especially if we lose opportunities due... More

October 18, 2019

Colossal Carleton Blossom Astounds Biologists

About two months ago, when something started growing out of a knee-high, starburst-shaped succulent in a Carleton University greenhouse, plant guru Ed Bruggink noticed right away and began investigating. What he discovered was extraordinary. The... More

October 2, 2019

Carleton Biology Building Renovations Boost Sustainability

Extensive renovations at Carleton University’s Nesbitt Biology Building, due to end in the next few months, will allow the space to cut utility costs by a third. And since early 2018 when the renovations began,... More

July 9, 2019

Where The Wild Fish Go

Anchored in an aluminum skiff on a small bay at the eastern edge of Big Rideau Lake, Jordanna Bergman nets a northern pike from a large cooler full of water and live fish and lowers... More

April 24, 2019

Understanding Hummingbird Behaviour and Evolution

Hummingbirds are so fast they're often not seen, only heard. But observed in controlled environments, the birds that can weigh less than a nickel and turn on a dime have a lot to show. Especially... More

November 5, 2018

Fall Convocation: Biology Graduate Helps Others through Mentorship

One day in September 2014, third-year undergrad Jared Browning walked into the Science Students Success Centre (SSSC), ready to start volunteering in the peer mentoring program. Four years on, he’s a mainstay of the centre,... More