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Eliza Brightwen wrote to Eleanor Ormerod in 1895 congratulating her on her pioneering work in agricultural zoology + chemistry. The letter connects two inspiring who both contributed economic specimens to Kew.

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2019-03-08

Painted Aethril for Faebelina's <3 One of many glorious specimens on display!

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2019-03-06

Great paper (https://t.co/maF9IARGHk) on the inner skull cavities of from the upper 🐊Find one of the extant comparative specimens here: https://t.co/LB43OHCKrp

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2019-03-02

The greatest contribution to knowledge of Wallace's Giant Bee must go to Adam C. Messer, rediscovered it in 1981 (then only 2 specimens known since 1859) and found out everything that is currently known about this bee's curious biology: https://t.co/Ddrz34kBuR NHMUK013379423

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2019-02-22

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Thought I might pop into the tag! I’m Emmarie and I do undergrad extracellular matrix research in mouse specimens with and also I’m a self-taught artist on the side trying to better myself every day!

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2019-02-20

Marion Delf-Smith founded the program at Westfield College. She took her all-female students on field work and collected the specimens used to teach. She also edited a botany comedy magazine, where her contribution was published. https://t.co/hgXKAGla5P

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2019-02-11

Later as curator of McGill University’s Medical Museum she began to study pathological specimens of congenital heart defects. Her expertise was such that Sir William Osler asked her to contribute a chapter on the subject to his celebrated The Principles and Practice of Medicine.

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2019-02-11

Walter's parents also footed the bill for expeditions to seek out new specimens such as the Queen Alexandra Butterfly (Ornithoptera alexandrae) one of the largest butterflies in the world.

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2019-02-08

Described from sub-adult specimens back in 1893, the secretive & monotypic genus Mallinus (South Africa) is finally re-described & re-diagnosed.

Study: https://t.co/tMGow5STEa

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2019-02-06

Nancy Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft's 'Specimens of the Plants & Fruits of the Island of Cuba' has been digitized and made available for download at the digital library, by way of . https://t.co/qbUhgtSbFk

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2019-02-06

A few specimens from our collection by a Greek artist (5th century BC), William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764), Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828), and Enook Manomie (Inuit, 1941-2006)

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2019-02-04

Happy I've been super busy lately, so no new images. I do have many jars of completed c/s specimens waiting though! For now, I hope everyone enjoys this little mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis) and her awesome little teeth!

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2019-02-02

Night at the Anatomy Museum 2 was in full swing last night. With virtual reality from , our own on hand to discuss some animals in jars, a variety of historical specimens and... Felt body parts!

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2019-02-01

We are celebrating reaching over 4000 followers on twitter 🥳and have been looking for something to thank all our followers with. What could be better than a bunch of flowers? A bunch of flowers made from 4,000 digital specimens, that's what! THANK YOU!

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2019-01-30

Any guesses what family and genus these specimens all belong to? It’s an easy one for Monday! 😆🌳

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2019-01-15

We're diving deep in the world of algae! Join us for the plunge as we explore and curate the fascinating and forgotten specimens of our algae collection!

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2019-01-12

The Fat-tailed Dunnart was described by John Gould in 1844 from specimens sent to him by John Gilbert: https://t.co/VmdxI2MiAl. He doesn't mention how cute they are, but the illustration in his 1863 "Mammals of Australia" takes care of that. https://t.co/aNykzSb7B3

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2019-01-09

Revision of historical fossil Gavialis specimens from India and Pakistan in https://t.co/ovou0guvZI

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2019-01-07

How did I miss this!

What a beautiful fossil. New armoured ankylosaur Zuul, destroyer of shins!

Check out the video of this specimens discovery, feat awesome palaeontologists & . https://t.co/q8kod6zwf0

Epic art by the !

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2018-12-22

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