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Photo 1: 220-million-year-old fossil of Longisquama insignis offers evidence that dinosaurs were not ancestral to birds. Photo by Oregon State University. Photo 2: The South Polar skua is the most southerly bird in the world. Photo by Ariana Owens, National Science Foundation Courtesy: National Science Foundation Composite by Grant Godden |
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Photo 1: Papilio glaucas, commonly called the Tiger Swallowtail. Photo 2: Herbarium specimen of Poliomintha incana (Lamiaceae). Photos and composite by Grant Godden |
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A look inside the Dinosaur Hall at the National Museum of Natural History. |
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A collection of eggs housed at the Michigan State University Museum. Shown here are Great Egret (Ardea alba), Green Heron (Butorides virescens), Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), and Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) eggs collected in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Courtesy: Michigan State University Museum Photo by Jannes Szyren |
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An African bull elephant greets visitors in the rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History. |
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A cabinet of mammal tanned skins (Felidae) housed at the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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Skeletons of the Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) housed at the Michigan State University Museum. The specimens were donated by a zoo. Courtesy: |
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A tiger greets visitors in the Orientation Hall of the Kenneth E. Behring Family Hall of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History. Courtesy: Smithsonian Institution |
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Study skins of thrushes (Family Turdidae) housed at the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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Photo 1: Bat star (Pateria miniata). Marine Life from California's Rocky Shores. Photo 2: Periwinkle Snail shells (Littorina planaxis). Marine Life from California's Rocky Shores. |
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Bird skins from around the world document species diversity through space and time. Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [top] and Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) specimens are housed in the Michigan State University Museum. |
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An artistic view of compactors in the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC). The collection includes over 500,000 specimens of plants, fungi, and lichens. Courtesy: Michigan State University Herbarium Photo by Nate Sammons |
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Catalogue documenting the diverse collections of the Michigan State University Museum. |
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American Alligator cranium (Alligator mississippiensis) housed in the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy:
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A collection of eggs housed at the Michigan State University Museum. Shown here are Great Egret (Ardea alba), Green Heron (Butorides virescens), Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), and Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) eggs collected in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Courtesy: Michigan State University Museum Photo by Jannes Szyren |
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Alcohol-preserved fish in the Michigan State University Museum document local biodiversity. The specimens were collected from the Red Cedar River that runs through the MSU campus. |
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Fossil specimen of Diplomystus dentatus on display at the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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The Amanita rubescens specimen from the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC) is part of a larger collection of American Flora collected and donated by the late John
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A cabinet of mammal tanned skins (Felidae) housed at the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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Skeletons of the Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) housed at the Michigan State University Museum. The specimens were donated by a zoo. Courtesy: |
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Personal herbaria donated to the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC) represent one historical component of the herbarium's collections. Courtesy: |
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A slime mold specimen from the genus, Hermetrichia, is housed in the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC).
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Snake, lizard, frog, and turtle fluid-preserved specimens housed in the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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Historical U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey Bird Census records documenting biodiversity are preserved in the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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Eastern Box Turtle shells (Terrapene carolina) from the Buffalo archaeological site (46PU31) and Mammoth molars (Mammuthus spp.) from the Great Lakes region are housed in the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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Nautilus pompilius, an externally shelled cephalopod, a type of mollusk. |
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Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) study skins are housed in the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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Vascular plant specimens of the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC) document the worlds flora and provide an important resource for scientific research and plant identification. Courtesy: |
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Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) and Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) skins and skeletons are housed in the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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Rhizocarpon imshaugii (ined.) is one of many lichen specimens in the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC). The herbarium has a very large, world-wide collection of lichens, largely due to the work of a former curator, Henry Imshaug, for which this species is named.
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius) specimens housed in the Michigan State University Museum. Courtesy: |
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A temporary exhibit in the Michigan State University Museum features the American Robin (Turdus migratorius) specimens collected and studied by the late MSU ornithologist George J. Wallace to document the mortality of robins caused by DDT poisoning. Dr. Wallace’s findings were described by Rachel Carson in her landmark book, Silent Spring. Courtesy: |
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Trail of a myxomycete plasmodium found in a Lakeview home after flooding associated with Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Meredith Blackwell.
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Papilio glaucas, commonly called the Tiger Swallowtail. Photo by Grant Godden.
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Early Cambrian (515 million year old) trilobite Olenellus getzi. Courtesy: National Science Foundation |
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