The collection's worst enemies are humidity, light and bugs. The collection houses both teaching and research specimens, including frozen tissue samples, which are curated by Ron Van Den Bussche, zoology associate professor. The collection also includes a thorough representation of the biodiversity of Oklahoma and represents almost all orders of mammals. In addition, it includes a rare collection of more than 1,000 specimens from Ethiopia, as well as an extensive collection of marine mammals. McBee is proud to work with the collection, which provides a wonderful resource used regularly by OSU students and faculty.
Specimens also are loan to other educational institutions.
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