Yale Facilities

A sampling of Yale facilities of interest to Environmental Studies.

Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale

With collections dating to 1825 and now numbering over 2 million biological specimens, Yale's Peabody Museum is a major resource for research and teaching in the biological sciences. Of particular interest to those studying the history and diversity of life are its world-famous holdings of fossil vertebrates, including dinosaurs (70,000 units), fossil invertebrates (300,000 units), and fossil plants (125,000 units), as well as its collections of modern birds (30,000 units), insects (1,000,000 units), other animals (115,000 units), and plants (350,000 units). There are research and work study opportunities with the scientific staff of the museum.

Herbarium

Part of the Peabody Museum, the Yale Herbarium consists of 250,000 systematically arranged plant specimens from the algae to vascular plants. The collection includes significant type specimens in the mosses and ferns with a representation of most families and important genera of the flowering plants.

Peabody Museum Field Station

The Peabody also maintains a Marine Biology facility on Long Island Sound (Rte. 146 in Guilford). This includes on-shore laboratory, a 40 acre salt marsh, and a 17 acre island. Facilities include salt water holding tanks, a shop, and a small boat fleet.

Marsh Botanical Garden

A garden and arboretum is located north of OML at Prospect Street and Hillside Terrace. The greenhouses there contain an extensive collection of living plants including representative species from tropical regions and arid climates. A greenhouse facility for experimentation is located adjacent to OML.