Nicole Balsdon, Education and Outreach Coordinator
Fall into new tours at the Beaty Museum
This fall, we are offering six new guided tour options, and a free audio tour!
Can I Touch That?
Beaty Boxes are a valuable tool for educators to help students explore biodiversity according to their own learning style.
Dinosaur Trackways opens with record Nocturnal crowd
Over 140 people attended the opening of our new Dinosaur Trackways exhibit on Thursday, March 29.
Herbarium Collection BioBlitz!
One of the most interesting things I found when I first started as curator, was to realize that we did not have a full inventory of our collection! We know we have over 700,000 specimens so it’s not an easy task to find gaps in our collections. Imagine that, not knowing what you have in your museum collection.
Spring Break 2018
During Spring Break, join the Beaty Biodiversity Museum every day at 12:00 pm for a different hands-on activity, brought to you by volunteers, staff, curators, and special guests!
The Future of Field Guides
A new phone app makes identifying seaweed easier than ever before.
Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Scrutinized at Species at Risk Meeting
The Fraser River’s iconic sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), was a major focus of conservation status assessments at the recent Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) in Ottawa November 26 – December 1.
Sex hinders peaceful coexistence
Darwin noticed that closely related species rarely occur together in nature – in one place, we find coyotes or wolves but not both. Because related species have similar needs, scientists have thought that competition for food or space drives this pattern. We investigate another possibility.
Precious Lichen Collection Evacuated from BC Wildfire Zone
With over 20,000 specimens at risk, including more than 100 species new to science, the Co-Curators of the lichen collection at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum had to act quickly or lose their life’s work to the BC Wildfires.
2017 Annual Report: Making Connections
This past year, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum focused efforts on making connections across diverse communities.