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Biodiversität: verletzliche Vielfalt

Exhibition in the ETH main building

Biodiversity is colourful. It is fragrant and melodious and takes on myriad forms. For centuries, researchers have examined this splendid variety on multiple levels, from species and ecosystems right down to individual genes. The exhibition “Biodiversität: verletzliche Vielfalt.”

extract showcases a wide variety of insects and plants from collections held by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. Some of its specimens are truly spectacular. The exhibits reveal countless fascinating, previously untold stories. Many focus on the severe destruction that is being wrought upon biodiversity and the steps we can take to protect and promote this rapidly disappearing treasure.

extract is a single room that brings together the many collections and archives of ETH Zurich in order to illuminate major issues and themes. A distillation of the contents of the Collections and Archives – in short: an extract. extract brings you a compact exploration of major topics relating to the interplay between society and the research conducted at ETH Zurich, as well as providing food for thought.