Get to Know Contest 2013
Vancouver Parks Board is sponsoring the 2013 International Get to Know Contest. Click through to learn more.
2014: Two Big Biodiversity Issues
As 2013 draws to a close, there are two big biodiversity-related issues in BC that are of particular interest to me: (i) the status ignotus of the Cohen Commission’s findings on Fraser River sockeye salmon, and (ii) the recent National Energy Board Joint Review Panel’s (JRP) decision on the Northern Gateway Pipeline Proposal. The Cohen […]
Invisible Portraits: A Closer Look at the Exhibition on Microbes
Invisible Portraits, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum’s current exhibition, is full of tiny organisms that usually go unseen. The black-and-white scanning electron micrographs are presented in ornate gilded frames, referencing the presentation style of academic portraiture, but with very unusual subjects imaged in a very high-tech method. Derek Tan, the museum’s Digital Media Specialist, and the […]