A 2-headed trout, coral snakes: Inside the University of Michigan Herbarium and Museum of Zoology

The University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology and Herbarium house extensive collections of preserved animal and plant specimens. The Museum of Zoology holds approximately 15 million specimens, including unusual items like a two-headed yellow trout with two brains, stomachs, hearts, and digestive systems, caecilians, coral snakes, and an extinct Puerto Rican giant anole lizard. The collection also features rodent skulls, insect specimens which are the most numerous, and even a juvenile humpback whale skull. The Herbarium boasts over 1.7 million plant specimens from around the world, including fungi, parasitized wasps, and plants with unusual odors. Both institutions are part of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and are currently led by concurrent fema... download the app to read more