A paleontologist checks fossil and skeleton collections at the Beaty Biodiversity Centre of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sept. 17, 2025.

An open house event was held here Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the centre's new expansion.

The new facilities include a fossil storage facility and a native plant pollinator garden, and will be used for teaching, research and public engagement. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

A paleontologist works in a fossil laboratory at the Beaty Biodiversity Centre of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sept. 17, 2025.

An open house event was held here Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the centre's new expansion.

The new facilities include a fossil storage facility and a native plant pollinator garden, and will be used for teaching, research and public engagement. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

A researcher collects insect samples in a pollinator garden at the Beaty Biodiversity Centre of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sept. 17, 2025.

An open house event was held here Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the centre's new expansion.

The new facilities include a fossil storage facility and a native plant pollinator garden, and will be used for teaching, research and public engagement. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

A researcher works in a laboratory at the Beaty Biodiversity Centre of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sept. 17, 2025.

An open house event was held here Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the centre's new expansion.

The new facilities include a fossil storage facility and a native plant pollinator garden, and will be used for teaching, research and public engagement. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

A researcher observes a millipede in a laboratory at the Beaty Biodiversity Centre of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sept. 17, 2025.

An open house event was held here Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the centre's new expansion.

The new facilities include a fossil storage facility and a native plant pollinator garden, and will be used for teaching, research and public engagement. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)