Last Thursday-Friday night, November 16-15th 2024 a large part of the ASU Biocollections were inundated when a water mains on Alameda Avenue broke. Fortunately, the water entering the building was noticed around midnight by the cleaning crew and the City of Tempe sent out a team to repair the broken pipe in the street. Unfortunately, however, significant areas in the Mollusk, Invertebrate, and Vertebrate Collections were flooded.
Location: Arizona State University, ASU Biocollections (734 W. Alameda Dr., Tempe, AZ)
During the 2024 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Arizona State University Biocollections hosted an exclusive tour, drawing over 200 attendees. Participants explored one of the nation’s leading biodiversity repositories, featuring the Natural History Collections and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository.