Museum of Zoology
Recent News
Michigan News: Hiss-toric first
U-M museum’s 70,000 snake specimens form world’s largest research collection
ID Day 2023: Mobilising Collections to Showcase Biodiversity
ID Day was co-sponsored by the U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in partnership with the University of Michigan Natural History Museum.
Research Feature
A University of Michigan EEB led team documented 15 rare predator-prey interactions in the Amazon rainforest including images and video of a dinner plate-size tarantula dragging a young opossum.
Warning to arachnophobes: The video below is the stuff of nightmares!
Please Note: The Museum of Zoology is a research facility. It is not usually open to the public. Please refer to the Museum of Natural History website if you wish to visit.
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