If you went back thousands of years and “replayed the tape of life,” would you end up with humans and the species we know today, or would small differences caused by chance result in completely different plants and animals?
We are excited to launch the first publicly available deck of signature Phylo game cards that celebrates ecosystems in all their awesomeness. Building off the popularity of trading card games like Pokemon, Phylo showcases the many weird, wonderful, and wacky species that live on Earth and deals with some serious threats to ecosystems, such as wildfires, oil spills, and climate change.
Meet Junxia Zhang. A former post-doctoral researcher at UBC, Junxia is a true “Spider Woman. She entered the jumping spider world seven years ago, and thanks to her deep attraction to these amazing beasts, she has been working on them ever since. On April 7, she shared her love and knowledge of these magnificent critters at our Way Cool Biodiversity Series.
In April, fashion historian Ivan Sayers examined the exploitation of animals in the fashion industry at one of the artist talks for our exhibition, INVOKING VENUS, Feathers and Fashion. Throughout his presentation, Sayers also featured clothing and accessories from his private collection. If you have missed this eye-opening presentation, watch it here.
Miranda Post of Inside Vancouver recently identified the Beaty Biodiversity Museum as a place on the Vancouver Westside for a date. Do you agree? Read her blog post here.
It’s a revolution! Cowan Tetrapod Collection (CTC) Databases emerge from the Victorian closet to join the 21st Century! Find out how…
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum opens door to an expected large crowd of visitors at UBC’s annual Alumni Weekend on May 25, 2013.
This August, the Cowan Tetrapod Collection Curator and Assistant Curator unveiled a new avian blood bank collections protocol developed at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. The OMBIRDS acronym stands for Online Museum of Bird Images, Recordings, and DNA Samples.
A common songbird may have acquired genes from fellow migrating birds in order to travel greater distances, according to a University of British Columbia study published this week in the journal Evolution.
