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Both fossil specimens of Prejanopterus show a snout curved to the left. If this is not distortion of the fossil, Prejanopterus is surely one of the weirdest https://t.co/OJgmPKFOga

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2018-04-19

I'm imagining the decay of museum specimens as eroding and crumbling away due to pesky infestations of crystal growth. Also, a fun experiment!

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2018-03-29

Worked today to off-set an inevitable tomorrow... Here's my of the Eurasian P on So helpful to have specimens in the freezer (people give me things their cats bring in, and I thank them for it)

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2018-03-19

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

Have you tried transcribing Kew's herbarium specimens? We just launched another expedition and we need your help to transcribe Syzygium specimens from Malay Islands (part B). Sign up, choose your expedition and start transcribing! https://t.co/iRr3N4E7nJ

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2018-03-03

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

Several specimens waiting to be shipped out for loan! 📦📬🌿 //

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2018-02-24

& of the bess genus Ogyges from Nuclear Central America, following a study into 1073 adult specimens from collections from around the world: https://t.co/5MjJF5wHFO

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2018-02-13

'[birds have] additional color cones in their retina that are sensitive to ultraviolet range.'

I exposed some of my specimens to UV light.
The Puffins bill was pretty cool, I wonder if it's related to signalling?

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2018-02-09

Happy Albertus Seba collected dozens of specimens for his Cabinet of Curiosities. Explore illustrations of these in https://t.co/7HmOCfcTiH There are even more illustrations of snakes to peruse in BHLib's Flickr album: https://t.co/IIXc49JI2l

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2018-02-02

"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

A fine-art print celebrating
Featuring a Silent Princess flower and an Energetic Rhino Beetle. Both rarified specimens!

This print will be available on my upcoming Etsy shop The Prairie Dragon!

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2017-11-15

Green Kingfishers from the collection. 142 specimens collected 1929 to 1955 from Mexico to Ecuador. Quite the series!

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2017-09-26

Next steps: run the same analysis on 500 amphibian specimens. Here's what she has so far:

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2017-09-13

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

New blog post about our repository - 3D surface scans of subfossil lemur specimens!!! ☠️ https://t.co/GOoV9lxROn

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2017-07-29

A few pressed seaweed specimens from "Treasures of the Deep, or, Scottish Seaweeds" (1853). In total there are 43 specimens.

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2017-07-20

Previously collected moth specimens reveal 3 of European gelechoid +1 new subspecies https://t.co/xmSEFEIPAF

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2017-07-12

Happy Fern Friday everyone! Pictured here are two beautiful Christmas Fern specimens. //

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2017-07-01

Interesting leaf morphology in a number of specimens from donated herbarium of being processed today

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2017-06-16