Community Engagement

Engage with our community initiatives, from enhancing pollinator habitats to exploring campus flora, volunteering opportunities, and more.

UT Austin Bee Campus

Bee Campus USA enhances pollinator habitat by increasing native plants and nesting abundance while reducing pesticide use in campus landscapes.

 

UT AUSTIN BEE CAMPUS
 

 

Pollinator Resources

Find resources for educators, gardeners and landowners that focus on native bees, which are some of the most important insect pollinators.
 

Pollinator Resources
 

 

Campus Flora

Learn more about the range of plant life on the UT campus, from native species to our pollinator gardens and self-guided tree tours.

 

Campus Flora

Turtle Pond

Biodiversity Center researchers help monitor UT’s turtle pond and connect undergraduate students to research opportunities.

 

Turtle Pond

Tower Bird Cam

This camera at the top of UT's 302-foot iconic Tower shows bird activity in a nest box area where different raptors often come, sometimes during their annual migration. 

 

Tower bird cam


 

Volunteer With Us

Find opportunities to conduct research, volunteer at our field labs and outreach activities, and help with collections upkeep and management.

 

Volunteer with us