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25 Researchers and a Blue Whale

The  Beaty Biodiversity Centre opened in 2010 houses the Biodiversity Research Centre, wtih 25 principal investigators and their teams under one roof, and the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, home to more than two million specimens and Canada's largest blue whale skelton.

The 11,550-sq. metre, four-storey building is designed to facilitate collaboration among researchers from different disciplines. The building has innovative sustainability features such as a green roof and water channel that supports aquatic plants and insects while helping reduce storm water surges.

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Did You Know That?

Maybe you do look like your dog?

 A study by University of British Columbia Psychology Professor Emeritus Stanley Coren found that women with long hair liked Springer spaniels and beagles, which have long ears, and women with short hair liked the short-eared basenjis and huskies.