Museums

An understanding of evolution and the use of a phylogenetic approach are important for discoveries in integrative biomechanics and in providing biological inspiration. We have extraordinary research museums at UC Berkeley that provide specimens and fossils for analysis.
Essig Museum of Entomology
http://essig.berkeley.edu

Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

The University and Jepson Herbaria
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/

The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
http://mvz.berkeley.edu

UC Botanical Garden
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu