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travel distance maps are always so good looking! recently stumbled upon some Japanese ones created by Kohei Sugiura (1st img). Other specimens here from Melbourne, Toronto, Detroit credited to commissions and committees.

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2018-03-12

We have specimens from Bank's insect collection; pinned in glass topped drawers. This collection was studied by Johan Fabricus who named ~10,000 species of animal and established the basis for modern insect classification. https://t.co/VZpEFhR6kx

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2018-02-24

Wiegmann's "Herpetologia Mexicana" (1834) describes the of based on specimens collected by Ferdinard Deppe & Christian J. W. Schiede mostly in Veracruz between 1824-1830. View it in via : https://t.co/fzy7QEejLl

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2018-02-15

They remind us of Kumataro Ito's nudibranch illustrations of specimens collected during the USS Albatross expedition: https://t.co/olHizw4UJj (field notes digitized in by for the )

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2018-02-13

Visitors to the Museum were once greeted by some amazing natural history specimens, including these giraffes. But when and how did they arrive here? 🦒🏛️

Archivist Francesca Hillier details her detective work in this video: https://t.co/Toq1WN4Dye

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2018-02-07

"Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe" (1864) included 25 hand-colored lithographs based on drawings made from living specimens - which was important as sponges change color & shape when removed from water. View the in via https://t.co/0Mt5N6ELVU

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2017-12-08

Look ! New to per your request: "Specimens of the flora of South Africa" via https://t.co/d1N1sV16BO

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2017-09-08

Turns out, those embossed plastic labels on museum specimens are really useful when trying to ID your CT scans!

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2017-08-24

Christopher Dresser, designer and botanist, sent specimens to the Kew Museum of Economic Botany in 1860. Great moment!

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2017-04-24

J.D.Hooker's final expedition - to U.S. - resulted in collection of ~1,000 specimens. Summary of trip: https://t.co/8xnKcsT2i2

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2017-03-31

J.D.Hooker collected ~150,000 specimens during 4-year Himalaya expedition, incl. many rhododendrons https://t.co/ifOyoMZW22

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2017-03-28

'The Cactaceae' reexamined type specimens & original descriptions. It remains definitive text on the family https://t.co/IUSlEzAxbd

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2017-02-16

Day 12 of - ‘The Holly and the Ivy…’, specimens from the Welsh National Herbarium

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2016-12-12

Rare Butterfly Specimens Documented through Splendid Digital Montages https://t.co/1L2ukSCgrw

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2016-10-19

Selected pages from Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type & Borders#FontSunday

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2016-10-16

Discovery of new specimens of explores evolution of scaly-tailed squirrels https://t.co/8Vwe00TxwB

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2016-08-16

This shell was figured (1860 in publication Thesaurus Conchyliorum).Museum specimens are still used by artists today

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2016-05-27