Read BBC's Earth News.
Read about the sixth great mass extinction.
The Yangtze River dolphin last year became the first large vertebrate declared extinct in more than 50 years.
Read about the online Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Database.
Read Science Daily's Biodiversity News.
Learn about using remote sensing to find penguin colonies.
Read about the Conservation Commons.
The Biodiversity of BC web site has been developed to provide insight into British Columbia's rich biological diversity. Read the essays presented in this site to learn what biodiversity is, what influences it, and how it is studied. Or visit our partner sites---E-Flora BC and E-Fauna BC, the biogeographic atlases of BC's wild species. These provide detailed information on each species' ecology, distribution and conservation status.
E-Fauna BC News
Atlas pages are now being developed in E-Fauna BC for the birds of the province. View a list of species and pages.
E-Flora BC Featured Photo Set
BC is rich in plant diversity. Visit the seaweed photo gallery on E-Flora BC to view Michael Hawkes' collection of seaweed photos. If you are interested in the mushrooms of BC, visit Michael Beug's collection of fungi photos--more than 600 photos are now available.
New to the BC Flora
Botanists Terry McIntosh and Curtis Bjork have found a new orchid species for British Columbia--Spiranthes diluvialis. Read more about this discovery in BEN. View a photo. A list of the orchid species of BC is available.
Featured Web Page
Learn about the trees of British Columbia
Did you know?
Rudolph is a caribou....read more about BC's caribou on E-Fauna BC.
Golden Eagle filmed hunting Reindeer calves.
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