Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed Charles Darwin's original specimens from his HMS Beagle voyage (1831 to 1836) to the ...

For decades, the Scripps Oceanographic Collections have amassed millions of marine organisms and geological samples, which continue to yield scientific discoveries long after their preservation The ...

THIS handbook, though primarily designed for the Malayan collector, contains biological and bionomic matter which should be of service to students of the Lepidoptera of other regions. In the portions ...

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More than 150 million specimens that belong to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History are housed at a support ...

Specimen collection involves the capture and euthanasia of wildlife for scientific study. One camp of scientists holds that specimen collection is necessary to document a new species, while the other ...

Jocelyn P. Colella is an Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Assistant Curator of Mammals, University of Kansas. Bryan McLean is an Assistant Professor of Biology, University of ...

I've visited the Field Museum for 21 years and finally got to tour one of its hidden collections. Researchers preserve and store 11 million wet specimens in the basement. Here are some of the most ...

Jocelyn P. Colella works for and volunteers with natural history museums, and regularly receives funding for this work. Bryan McLean works extensively with natural history specimens, and regularly ...

BANGKOK, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Anatomy instructors at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, have developed Zero Formalin (ZF)—a formalin-free animal specimen ...