A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

A Biodiversity Center To Safeguard Over 13M Specimens - Canberra

This file photo taken on Aug. 28, 2015 shows bird specimens as part of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. Australia's national science agency has opened a biodiversity center to safeguard over 13 million specimens. The new building, named Diversity, in the capital Canberra, unites the Australian National Wildlife Collection and the Australian National Insect Collection under one roof in temperature-controlled, bushfire- and pest-resistant vaults, according to a statement released Thursday by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Photo by CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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