Welcome

The Colorado Plateau Biodiversity Center (CPBC) promotes the preservation of biological diversity through research, education, and public outreach. More than one-half million specimens of vertebrates, plants, invertebrates, fungi, microorganisms, fossils, and genetic material are maintained in CPBC collections. In addition to advancing biodiversity teaching and research, the CPBC brings together the various life sciences collections under one framework to improve communication and collaboration. Today, 16 faculty curators oversee the CPBC’s seven divisions, which include: quaternary paleoecology; botany; marine invertebrates and mollusks; insects and arachnids; vertebrates; fungi; and environmental genomics and genetics.

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  Research & teaching collections

  Collections ranging from fossils to living plants and animals support research and education, including almost 30 Northern Arizona University courses.

   

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  Hands-on learning                 

  Collections are used to support both graduate and undergraduate courses. Students also gain valuable real-world experience through student curatorships.                                        

   

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  Making collections more accessible

  National Science Foundation grant to make Southwest arthropod collections more accessible.                                                                                               

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