Books that study animals, encompassing a broad range of topics related to their biology, behavior, evolution, ecology, classification, and physiology. Zoology plays a critical role in understanding the diverse forms of animal life on earth, their interactions with their environments, and their evolutionary relationships. The library holds a collection of texts that examine animals from a scientific point of view, as early as Conrad Gessner’s 16th century encyclopedic inventory of renaissance zoology.

Books that study plants, encompassing their structure, growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, and evolution, as well as their interactions with the environment and other organisms. The library holds a collection of plant biology related books that examine plants from a scientific point of view. These include texts that name, describe, and classify plants into a structured system, from scientists such as Linnaeus and De Candolle.