Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections

05/21/2026

Excellent research that also made use of specimens from our collections!

Imagine yourself in a parking lot watching a group of crows digging through leftover food near a dumpster. To you all these birds are the same: solid black, indistinguishable from each other, just birds doing bird things. But to the crows themselves the scene is quite different. “Each bird is givi...

05/12/2026

In this recent publication, our Curator of Mammals, Dr. Jessica Light and team describe FOUR NEW SPECIES of kangaroo mice! Check out the video!

https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-abstract/106/6/1342/8380300

05/03/2026

04/24/2026

Taking our science to the community through art with Texas A&M Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology and Purple Turtle Art Studio! Come check out the work!

04/14/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CTBM8i7Xe/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The Lights Out, Texas! Initiative, championed by Audubon Texas and partners, got more than 20 cities and landmarks, including Dallas’s Reunion Tower, to dim their lights to protect migrating birds—a massive win.

However, reducing light pollution is only half the challenge. To fully safeguard birds in flight, we must also address the threat posed by glass itself. Learn how Audubon Texas is making that happen at the link in comments.

03/31/2026

You can also help our campus reporting bird collisions via our Google form here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFXdeqItIYet6Nc3bnPUlAiDRidl6q9cf7NdcdniVwNk1P1g/viewform