Posts Tagged ‘collections’

Collections Stories: Avian Pox

Thursday, January 13th, 2011
AvianPox

Researchers, using the Academy’s collections, have discovered when avian pox arrived on the Galapagos Islands.

Describing Earth’s Species

Monday, November 22nd, 2010
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A group of scientists is proposing to identify and describe all the Earth’s species in the next 50 years. Why? Is it possible?

Flesh Eating Beetles!

Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Human_Skull_being_cleaning_by_Dermestid_Beetles

Get the gory low-down of flesh-eating beetles and find out how they are put to work in natural history museums.

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