Only 2 percent of the California Academy of Sciences’ specimen are on display. The other 98 percent are in environmentally controlled storage. This is how they go from salvage to research specimen.

Specimen collection involves the capture and euthanasia of wildlife for scientific study. One camp of scientists holds that specimen collection is necessary to document a new species, while the other ...

Variable methods of collection, processing, and storage of clinical trial biospecimens across these groups have resulted in variability of specimen condition and quality as well as subsequent research ...

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 ...

The appropriate procedure for obtaining a nasopharyngeal swab specimen, as shown in the video by Marty et al. (published on April 17 at NEJM.org), 1 is of paramount importance. Proper collection of a ...

In 1912, a group of intrepid explorers led by Rollo and Ida Beck, widely acknowledged to be the foremost marine bird collectors of their time, embarked on a most remarkable effort to catalogue South ...

A new "compassionate collection" proposal has gotten museum curators thinking about preservation methods. Museums house thousands of animal specimens that are ancient, extinct, newly discovered and ...

Jocelyn P. Colella works for and volunteers with natural history museums, and regularly receives funding for this work. Bryan McLean works extensively with natural history specimens, and regularly ...

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As we prepare to relocate 28 million specimens to our new science facility at Thames Valley Science Park, we must stop some of our usual activities until further notice. We will no longer be able to ...