Scientists document the diversity of life by making specimens of whole animals for natural history collections. But this practice is fading, and it’s a problem for current and future researchers. For ...

Researchers in the UK have now adapted a Raman spectroscopy technique to analyse preservation fluids in specimen jars without ...

I've visited the Field Museum for 21 years and finally got to tour one of its hidden collections. Researchers preserve and store 11 million wet specimens in the basement. Here are some of the most ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

You find all kinds of things in drawers when you're getting ready to move. Expired credit cards. Single socks. Concert tickets. Chargers from old phones. Two-foot-long dead squirrels. Well, maybe not ...

In an utterly unexpected example of male bias, a new study has found that it isn’t just male artists that have a leg up on their female counterparts—most of the animal specimens in museums are male ...

When museums acquire mammal specimens, they do more than stuff the creatures and arrange them in display cases. Mammalogists also record when and where the animals were found, what climates they ...

Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Scientists document the diversity of life by making specimens ...

A long-lost trove of preserved animal specimens recently turned up at a university in Georgia. Those old squirrels and muskrats could hold the... Old Animal Specimens May Hold The Key To New ...