The Zoology Department of the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ) is dedicated to studying, preserving, and promoting Jamaica’s unique wildlife. Our work supports conservation efforts, scientific research, and public education to ensure that future generations can appreciate and protect our island’s rich biodiversity.
Research and Species Identification
Biodiversity Conservation
Support Education and Public Awareness
Specimen of American Crocodile
Specimen of Hawksbill Turtle
Specimen of Jamaican Coney
Jamaica is a bird paradise?
Jamaica has snoring frogs?
Jamaica has a giant butterfly?
The Museum’s zoology collection consists of over 110,000 specimens. It contains specimens from other countries in the Caribbean, and represents a wide variety of faunal classes including insects, spiders, mollusks, crustacea, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. The collection houses two (2) specimens of the extinct Jamaican Petrel, Pterodroma Caribbean and several specimens of species classified as threatened, rare or endangered. The oldest specimens include a moth from 1879.