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Psygnosis always had cool box art. Check out these fine 80s specimens by Roger Dean that had me buying those games

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2018-12-17

My favorite creation from this year has to be my composition of Selene vomer (a lookdown). From staining the specimen to imaging and post-precessing, it was definitely one of my more time consuming (and rewarding) images.

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2018-12-15

this one is kind of old, but it's visionshipping, a rare yugioh specimen 👌👀

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2018-12-07

SPECIMEN FIVE WILL NEVER DIE!

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2018-12-02

Did you know the is the most biodiverse park in the National Parks system? It has over 1,500 types of flowering plants—more than any other park in North America! It is also home to many species, like this beautiful specimen! 🌿🍄🌸

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2018-11-29

All this talk of big cows demands perspective! Certainly the body size is big (& there are some huge specimens), but please, it pales in horn size to the which is the largest extant horned animal on Earth! Just goes to show that the Watusi is the real Bos

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2018-11-28

Today we have a perfect specimen of 'cinnamon roll' tail~
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2018-11-28

Jenny argues the enjoyment people get out of taxidermy and other collections isn’t just limited to visitors — can get a real kick out of working with these specimens too! Tune in here: https://t.co/4f112UKsDK

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2018-11-26

I revisited one of my older images and decided that I was unhappy with it. So, I re-imaged the specimen from scratch, knowing I could now do better. Fundulus olivaceus, a blackspotted topminnow. https://t.co/mB5DS1g3Eq

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2018-11-22

We talk about the ‘ick factor’ of fluid specimens, visitor enjoyment of (and reactions to) collections, and how natural history has become kind of sexy again. Curious? Tune in here: https://t.co/4f112UsRMc

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2018-11-19

From , nicknamed “Jurassic Mom,” an ichthyosaur (Stenopterygius) fossilized with 7 unborn offspring, found in Holzmaden— a not-so-uncommon occurrence in that region. This was, by far, my fave specimen at this awesome museum. Visit if you’re in Houston! 👍🏻

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2018-11-17

Mineralogy
Dr. Steven Chamberlain donated a collection of specimens from the Balmat Mining District in St. Lawrence County, NY. The NYSM now has the most complete & significant Balmat mineral collection that can be used for exhibitions, research, & education.

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2018-11-14

We had an inspiring meeting yesterday with , a fabulous 3yr project taking place in Lincolnshire. We were delighted to show them around & speak to them about our upcoming exhibition of pressed plants, including the specimen below https://t.co/HCuw4fLqgQ

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2018-11-09

It's a butterflydra! Today's stream produced a tiny butterfly-mimicking hydra. This specimen is ready to ambush a meal despite its cramped quarters.

https://t.co/yPSGCtqLTe

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2018-11-09

Happy Pictured here are 3 beautiful Helianthus verticillatus specimens. This only occurs in small sections of Tennessee, Alabama, & Georgia making it one of the many species of 🌻🌿🌼

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2018-11-08

ALICE our Angled Label Image Capture and Extraction equipment is a multi camera set up and software pipeline that allows up to 1000 specimens to be imaged per day and is unlocking insect collections at an unprecedented rate. Preprint: https://t.co/WDR9JuhFas

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2018-11-05

The Harvard Icones features 249 watercolor figures of specimens collected & painted by Lewis David von Schweinitz, the Father of North American Mycology. Explore the history of this sketchbook, now in via Botany Libraries ➡️ https://t.co/EfxV9tnJUQ

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2018-11-02

I’m gonna give the challenge a crack, credit to . Swipe to see the teaching lab museum collection - glass display cases, animals in ethanol, boxes and boxes of pinned insects, and some specimens in storage out the back.

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2018-11-01