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The Museum of Zoology serves as the nucleus for the study of animal diversity at the University of Michigan, focusing on the evolutionary origins of the planet's animal species, the genetic information they contain and the ecosystems they form. It houses some of the finest zoological research collections in the world, including comprehensive representation from all primary global ecosystems. Such collections provide the best tangible record we have of life on Earth and constitute a crucial resource for use in research, conservation and education.

Featured Publications

Copeia Cover William L. Fink, Julian H. Humphries (2010) Morphological Description of the Extinct North American Sucker Moxostoma lacerum (Ostariophysi, Catostomidae), Based on High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography. Copeia: Vol. 2010, No. 1, pp. 5-13.
Systematic Biology Cover Systematic Biology
Lacey Knowles article: "Estimating Species Trees: Methods of phylogenetic analysis when there is incongruence across genes" made the October cover of Systematic Biology (more)

Peregrine Falcons!

We have been monitoring a nesting pair at U of M's Carillon tower. (more)

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Please Note: The Museum of Zoology is a research facility and is not open to the public.

News & Events

Jingchun Li

Li wins best student presentation Kudos to Jingchun Li, who won the Constance Boone Award for the Best Student Presentation at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Malacological Society. (more)

Duda gets promotion
Thomas Duda has been promoted to associate professor with tenure and to associate curator in the Museum of Zoology effective Sept. 1, 2010. (more)

On NPR’s Morning Edition: dispersants compounded oil spill
U-M alumni Prosanta Chakrabarty (Ph.D. EEB 2006) and other scientists are interviewed about the unknown effects of enormous plumes of oily water thousands of feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Listen. (more)

Joseph Brown accepts Post Doc
EEB graduate student Joseph Brown recently accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Luke Harmon in the University of Idaho's Department of Biological Sciences. (more)

John Vandermeer and Gerald Smith

Professor John Vandermeer and Professor Emeritus Gerry Smith co-published a letter to the editor in the Lansing State Journal, Feb. 22, 2010, outlining why we should not overreact to Asian carp in the Great Lakes. (more)

Dr Gerald Smith

Professor Emeritus Gerald Smith on public radio's Diane Rehm Show
Dr. Smith joined a discussion of fisheries on the Diane Rehm Show Tuesday, March 2. Listen. (more)

Jeremy Wright

A new study by University of Michigan graduate student Jeremy Wright finds that at least 1,250 and possibly more than 1,600 species of catfish may be venomous-far more than previously believed. (UM News Service).

Janet Hinshaw

Janet Hinshaw was just elected "Elective Member" of the American Ornithologists Union at the August meeting. "Elective members shall be chosen for significant contributions to ornithology and/or service to the Union."
Congratulations Janet! (more)

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
Phone: (734) 764-0476