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Zoology collections - animals

The Natural History Museum's zoological collections are essential for research in taxonomy, systematics, and biogeography. The collections comprise nearly five million items, ranging from mosquitoes, worms, and mites to giant squids, wolves, and whales.

About our collections

From whale skeletons to mosquito genitalia and microscopic worms, the zoological collections span the entire animal king...

Contact, loans and other requests

Here you will find information on where to turn if you are interested in borrowing or donating specimens, or if you need...

Vertebrate collections

By far the largest objects in the museum are vertebrates. The collections include everything from centimeter-long zebraf...

Invertebrate collections

Our invertebrate collections include all invertebrate groups except insects, terrestrial chelicerates and myriapods. The...

Entomological Collections

Our entomological collections consist of more than three million specimens of insects, arachnids, and myriapods, includi...

Resources

Working with zoological collections may require specific equipment, literature, and access to specially adapted faciliti...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Here, we answer some common questions.

Enrich our collections

Our collections grow every year based on our own fieldwork, exchange with other museums, and through gifts from private ...

Bilder från utbildningstillfällen i samarbete med SU på Tjärnö forskningsstation. Courses in zoology

Are you eager to study the world's wildlife or do your degree project with us? Then you might be interested in taking so...

Meet the staff at Zoo

Here you will find contact information for the staff at the Department of Zoology

Volunteering

Do you want to become a volunteer and work with our zoological collections? As a volunteer, you will gain insight and ex...

Library

The zoological library consists of three different sub-libraries, each covering the subject areas of vertebrate zoology,...