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A pair of orange fish with blue spots and stripes swim away from the viewer.

Nature Club: Courtship and Friendship

We also see patterns similar to friendship across the tree of life: community care, social structures, cooperative hunting, mutualisms, and commensalisms. Animals live in communities, too!

One ant holds a leaf fragment as it walks along a branch. Other ants can be seen around the branch.

Nature Club: Food Biodiversity

We’ll explore this topic outside of humans to look at predator-prey relationships, nutrient cycling, and photosynthesis.

Six reindeer walk from left to right on a snowy landscape.

Nature Club: Winter Wonderland

This month, we’ll travel around the world to highlight beloved biodiversity symbols for many holidays and cold locations.

Two trilobite fossils in an orange rock

Nature Club: Memories

Land formations, fossils, and minerals can be a way of remembering what the planet has been through!

A small brown bat clings to tree bark

Nature Club: Spooky Species

The Beaty Museum is the perfect place to celebrate the start of the spooky season. We’ll kick off this year’s Nature Club with fall and Halloween creatures, from bats, bones, and spiders to autumn plants and fungi. By getting to know some of these organisms better, you’ll find them a bit less scary! Click the […]

Biological Wonders: An Artistic Investigation

Biological Wonders: An Artistic Investigation

Discover the beauty of the natural world through art in this hands-on workshop led by artist Sharon Bladholm.

September 16, 2pm – The Beauty of It All – Artist Tour

September 16, 2pm – The Beauty of It All – Artist Tour

Artist Daphne Boyer gives a tour of her exhibition, Li bootee mishiwayitay – The Beauty of It All on September 16th at 2pm. Included with regular museum entry, payable on admission. Space is limited, register below:  

The Beauty of it All and X̱wi7x̱wa Library Tour

The Beauty of it All and X̱wi7x̱wa Library Tour

Starting at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, artist Daphne Boyer will lead a 45-minute tour of the exhibition Li bootee mishiwayitay — The Beauty of It All from 2:00 to 2:45 pm. After that, the group will walk to X̱wi7x̱wa Library at 3:00 pm, for a tour with Head Librarian, Kayla Lar-Son. Following the tour, participants […]

Notice: Main Atrium closed

Notice: The Main Atrium (under the whale skeleton area) will be closed to the public on June 25 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm for event preparation. We appreciate your understanding.

Whale Runway: Indigenous Fashion Night

Whale Runway: Indigenous Fashion Night

Join us for an evening of fashion, culture, and storytelling beneath the stunning blue whale skeleton at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC.