Collections
Natural History Collections: Sustained by the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, the Natural History Collections are comprised of nine collections that directly support the University's teaching, research, and public outreach functions. Our holdings emphasize flora and fauna from the arid southwest of North America, especially Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Collectively, our holdings rank among the largest collections of Sonoran desert biota in the world. The collections are organized into four units:
Zoological Collections: SOLS maintains research/teaching collections for several animal taxa that are housed in 4000 sq ft of space in the A-wing of the Life Sciences Building on the main campus of ASU. The zoological collections present curator, Anthony Gill was hired in mid-2003. These collections include:
- Herpetology (Amphibians and Reptiles)
- Ichthyology (Fish)
- Mammalogy (Mammals)
- Entomology (Insects)
- Malacology (Shells)
- Ornithology (Birds)