The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology serves as the nucleus for the study of animal diversity on campus, focusing on the evolutionary origins of the planet’s animal species, the genetic information they contain and the ecosystems they form. Now part of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UMMZ houses world-class collections that span almost 200 years of regional and global biodiversity supporting a multi-faceted Departmental research and teaching program.
- Visitors from the American Museum of Natural History
- Photographing Specimens from Greek Islands
- Inaugural Class Field Trip to the BRC at Varsity Drive
The Natural History of the Ants of Michigan's E.S. George Reserve
In 1951 Mary Talbot began a 26 year research project to study and document the populations of ants in the Edwin S, George Reserve. This is the culmination of that effort. (more)
Authors: Mary Talbot
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Date: 12/1/2012
UMMZ Grants & Awards
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Graduate Student Awards - Recent UMMZ grants
- Coveted NSF Graduate Research Fellowships announced
- Cindy Bick receives fellowship grant
- Rabosky awarded $600K NSF grant
- Myers’ NSF grant seeks to improve undergrad biology education
- Li awarded Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
- Li wins National Geographic Young Explorers Grant
On the U-M Gateway: Living fossils? Actually, sturgeon are evolutionary speedsters
"Sturgeon are thought of as a living fossil group that has undergone relatively slow rates of anatomical change over time. But that's simply not true," said Professor Daniel Rabosky.
Genetic study of house dust mites demonstrates reversible evolution
Pavel Klimov, EEB and Museum of Zoology assistant research scientist, and EEB Professor Barry Oconnor, curator of insects and arachnids, used a large-scale genetic study of the lowly house dust mite to uncover an example of reversible evolution that appears to violate Dollo's law.
The votes are in: He wins EEB's outstanding paper 2012-13
EEB graduate student Qixin He ’s paper was selected as EEB’s Outstanding Paper of the Year.
Contest set to name peregrine falcon chicks hatched atop U-M hospital
The university offers the Ann Arbor community an opportunity to name the baby falcons through an online contest. Please visit the U-M Facebook page for contest updates.
(more)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.