Moore Lab of Zoology

Tucked within a small liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, the Moore Lab is a hidden gem that houses over 65,000 vintage bird and mammal specimens. Founded by Robert T. Moore, the specimens were kept in his Pasadena home before it became Occidental College’s Moore Laboratory of Zoology in 1951. With the help from an Angeleno collector and a team of researchers in Mexico, our museum specimens largely represent Mexican birds from over 300 sites across the country.

Moore Laboratory of Zoology is a museum of 65,000 vintage bird and mammal specimens. We’re a hidden gem tucked within a small liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, and our mission is to understand the origins of Earth’s biodiversity and how species respond to environmental change.

Moore Laboratory of Zoology is a museum of 65,000 vintage bird and mammal specimens. We’re a hidden gem tucked within a small liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, and our mission is to understand the origins of Earth’s biodiversity and how species respond to environmental change.

Moore Laboratory of Zoology is a museum of 65,000 vintage bird and mammal specimens. We’re a hidden gem tucked within a small liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, and our mission is to understand the origins of Earth’s biodiversity and how species respond to environmental change.

Moore Laboratory of Zoology is a museum of 65,000 vintage bird and mammal specimens. We’re a hidden gem tucked within a small liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, and our mission is to understand the origins of Earth’s biodiversity and how species respond to environmental change.

Moore Laboratory of Zoology is a museum of 65,000 vintage bird and mammal specimens. We’re a hidden gem tucked within a small liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, and our mission is to understand the origins of Earth’s biodiversity and how species respond to environmental change.

Moore Laboratory of Zoology is a museum of 65,000 vintage bird and mammal specimens. We’re a hidden gem tucked within a small liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, and our mission is to understand the origins of Earth’s biodiversity and how species respond to environmental change.

Moore Laboratory of Zoology is a museum of 65,000 vintage bird and mammal specimens. We’re a hidden gem tucked within a small liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, and our mission is to understand the origins of Earth’s biodiversity and how species respond to environmental change.

Want to spot which birds are here on campus this spring? Moore Lab's Director John McCormack and postdoctoral researcher Ryan Terrill will be leading staff and faculty (students welcome too!) around Oxy grounds for bird walks on Friday, March 18 and Friday, April 8. Join us as we take a look at the birds that are visiting us during spring migration!

Let us know if you'll be there, RSVP with Jenny Wong at jwong3@oxy.edu.

Want to spot which birds are here on campus this spring? Moore Lab's Director John McCormack and postdoctoral researcher Ryan Terrill will be leading staff and faculty (students welcome too!) around Oxy grounds for bird walks on Friday, March 18 and Friday, April 8. Join us as we take a look at the birds that are visiting us during spring migration.

Let us know if you'll be there, RSVP with Jenny Wong at jwong3@oxy.edu.