CSUS Living Gallery and Biological Collections

The co**se flower is open and stinking up Sequoia Hall. Come visit in room 105 today!

He's Back! Come visit Greg the Co**se Flower in the little greenhouse just outside Sequoia Hall. He is in the back window with some cool information about his life cycle.
We will let you know when the flower is getting ready to bloom!

Getting bigger every day!

Babies are here! Watch them grow in Sequoia Hall!

Special Delivery! Just a few more days until they are revealed!

COMING SOON...

http://www.csus.edu/news/articles/2017/10/18/fall-living-gallery-exhibit-connects-silk-with-source.shtml

Fall Living Gallery exhibit connects silk with source The primary curator of Sacramento State's Living Gallery, Roseberry wants visitors to the current silkworms exhibit to think about their connection to the things we use – in this case, what we wear.

'Sooty birds' reveal pollution history Black carbon trapped in the feathers of songbirds gives new insight into historic US air quality.

The Sac State plant collection has some amazing species. Currently one of the ghost orchid species (Dendrophylax sallei) is blooming.

These are called ghost orchids because they do not grow leaves. These roots contain chloroplasts and preform photosynthesis in place of the absent leaves. As epiphytes, their roots are appressed against trees and often not seen until an inflorescence emerges with the pale green flowers seemingly coming from nowhere.

Congratulations! Have a great trip!

Vernal pool research leads professor to Israel It may seem counterintuitive, but Sacramento State Professor Jamie Kneitel is traveling to Israel this fall to learn more about seasonal wetlands in California, as well as those elsewhere in the world.

A Scholar Follows a Trail of Dead Mice and Discovers a Lesson in Why Museum Collections Matter A former Smithsonian curator authors a new book, Inside the Lost Museum