The Biological Survey is both a state agency and a research department of the University of Oklahoma. The Biological Survey includes the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, Oklahoma Natural Areas Registry, and the Robert Bebb Herbarium. Our faculty and staff are committed to providing the best available information on biodiversity in the state of Oklahoma. We do this through our surveys, inventories, and research on the state’s biodiversity. We also collect, curate, and share existing biodiversity data. We are committed to training students and the public in biodiversity science. To achieve our goals we work closely with other allied organizations throughout the state and region.
G Payne joined us in April to run the Oklahoma Natural Areas Registry and to coordinate the outreach efforts for the Oklahoma Biological Survey. GP has worked on biological field projects across Oklahoma and is excited to continue botanical work with the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory.
GP got started with field work during their second week on the job helping to evaluate a Tallgrass Prairie remnant outside of Durant in Bryan Co.
Priscilla, our Natural Heritage Program Coordinator, earned a Colleage of Arts and Sciences Staff Impact Award! Thanks to Eli Bridge, our interim Director, for nominating her and all of OBS for your support!
Congratulations to Eli Bridge, our interim director and BioSurvey ornithologist, on his publication in Science - "Spatial cognitive ability is associated with longevity in food-caching chickadees."
Dr. Caryn Vaughn has developed a new and comprehensive website about all the mussels found in Oklahoma.
65%
of mussel species are considered imperiled
10
gallons of water
can be filtered by an adult mussel in one day
60
mussel taxa are present in Oklahoma
