Otter Skull Studies Made with a Violet Prismacolor Colored Pencil Top: Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) Asian Short Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinerus)

Animal Skull Studies using Reference Photos provided by @analyze-optimize.bsky.social (P17)

#animals #animal #animalart #fauna #mammals #taxidermy #specimens #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #natureart #traditionalart #creatures #otter #sketchbook #zoology #drawing #coloredpencil #sciart

The dataset of the lichen collection "Abramo Massalongo" preserved at the Natural History Museum of Venice Italy was one of the most active countries in the field of lichenology in the nineteenth century. Researchers such as Baglietto, De Notaris, Massalongo and Trevisan produced relevant herbaria, which a...

Explore the newly digitised #lichen collection "Abramo Massalongo" - 594 #specimens from north-eastern Italy (1845-1856), preserved at the Natural History Museum of Venice. Standardised to #DarwinCore, with image #metadata aligned to the Simple Multimedia extension. 👇

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The state of herbarium specimen backlogs: Perspectives from bryophyte collections An herbarium must have its specimens processed, identified and accessioned so that members of the botanical community can readily consult these materials. However, many herbaria struggle to keep up wi...

🫨 104 million specimens are estimated to sit in #herbarium backlogs worldwide.

A new study surveyed staff at 65 #herbaria about unaccessioned #specimens and #curation challenges. See the reasons and practical strategies for tackling backlogs👇

Animal Skull Studies Made with an Olive Green Prismacolor Colored Pencil Top Right: American Beaver (Castor canadensis) Top Left: American Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Bottom Right: American Badger (Taxidea taxus) Bottom Left: American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Animal Skull Studies using Reference Photos provided by @analyze-optimize.bsky.social (P16)

#animals #animal #animalart #fauna #mammals #taxidermy #specimens #wildlife #wildlifeart #nature #natureart #traditionalart #creatures #creatureart #sketch #zoology #drawing #coloredpencil #sciart

Studies in fantasy and the fabulous.

#watercolor #art #bugs #specimens #oddities #handmade

Unexplored deep-water worlds in Caribbean revealed for the first time Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

The team documented nearly 14,000 individual #specimens and 290 different types of #marine #creatures, although more scientific work is needed to confirm their findings.

#CaymanIslands #Anguilla #TurksandCaicos

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💡 Did you know #Switzerland is home to millions of natural science #specimens across museums, universities and research institutions? For years, many #collections were little known and hard to access. #SwissCollNet is changing that 🤝
Learn more ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgHy...

See how this #machine learning approach can aid in the quantitative analysis of #herbarium #specimens. 👇

🆕 Latest research in @dissco.bsky.social's #openscience collection illustrates a Machine Learning as a Service approach for quantitative analysis of #herbarium #specimens.

🌿 Subsequently, DiSSCO's models are used to calculate surface area of identified #plant organs.

🔓 See: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

Yucca & Agaves in the Garden #plants #specimens #hardy #perennial #zone8a

Front cover image of book Animal Fashions depicting a Victorian woman with a dog

So glad we got to commission this new book for the Palgrave series. Explores how #colonial exploitation of natural resources came to #fashion female bodies. Thanks to editors Audrey Murfin, Victoria Pettersen Lantz & Sibyl Buchell for a fascinating book on #materials #ecologies #specimens

Februar 9 @ 16:00 - 17:00 CET
[Webinar] From Drawers to the Open Web: Wikidata for Natural History Museum Collections

https://winoda.de/en/event/webinar-wikidata/

#naturalhistory #museums #collections #specimens #wikidata

Detection of #LaCrosse Virus #RNA in Clinical #Specimens Obtained from #Children with La Crosse Infection

Detection of #LaCrosse Virus #RNA in Clinical #Specimens Obtained from #Children with La Crosse Infection, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/01/dete...

#citricdummies #thereplacements #thesuburbs #waveless #uraniumclub #greenblue #huskerdu #specimens #prince #kittenforever #scrunchies #babesintoyland #texturefreq #cows #sucidecommandos #soulasylum

• Pink Topaz specimen ✨

An intense pink Topaz specimen - Katlang Mardan Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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#topaz #imperialtopaz #specimens #collectables #collection #nature #beauty #gemshi

• Topaz specimen ✨

An intense peach terminated Topaz crystal in its matrix - Katlang, Mardan, Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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#topaz #imperialtopaz #fineminerals #crystals #specimens #nature #gemshi

This Thursday's IOB cover spotlight is on

The Diffusion Diaries: Diffusible Iodine-Based Contrast-Enhanced Computed #Tomography for #Vertebrate Natural History #Specimens

@jaimiagray.bsky.social Gray , et al

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#morphology #science #biology #vertebrates

1/🧵What question do you ask of the #ecology of a #bird so #endangered you'd be lucky to get a glimpse?
At #BOUasm25 I question the knowledge itself that forms the basis of #conservation programs of #BengalFlorican
Join me BTS in #ornithology #archives going beyond #specimens & into their stories

I did bug things #bugs #specimens #insects #curios #art

• Topaz specimen 🍻

Intense peach Topaz crystal in its host matrix - Katlang, Mardan, Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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#topaz #imperialtopaz #fineminerals #specimens #collection #collectables #collectibles #gemshi

An annotated checklist of Holotype specimens deposited in Mycological section of Central National Herbarium (CAL), Howrah | Mushroom Research

An annotated checklist of holotype specimens deposited in mycological section of Central National Herbarium (CAL), Howrah, India

#mycologicalsection
#Checklist
#CAL
#Holotype
#India
#Specimens

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• Imperial Topaz specimen with Quartz combined - Katlang, Mardan, Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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#topaz #imperialtopaz #pinktopaz #fineminerals #specimens #treasures #collectables #gemshi

Album of pressed seaweed specimens collected in Great Britain during the mid-19th century. The album is bound with scallop shells.

#Ocean #Specimens #SeaShell
#Scallop #GreatBritain #Mid19thCentury #Shell #SeaWeed #Science #Collection
#Album #Pressed

"The Lee Kong Chian National History Museum (LKCNHM) of the Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore (NUS), is conducting studies on a baleen whale carcass that was discovered in Singapore’s waters on 6 September 2025."

#Singapore #Whales #Specimens

We're excited to announce this year's dates for our #Specimens & Scones events! The first date is Wednesday, October 1st, and the second is Thursday, November 13th, from 3 to 5 p.m. Please join us to learn what our #Herbarium offers while enjoying coffee, tea, and delicious scones! See you there!

Just when I had thought I had seen every way you could pin a specimen - I come across this cheeseboard of mosquitoes

God knows what is going on!!!

@natsca.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social #specimens #collection #curation

Screenshot of a faceted selection panel on the left, and map with glowing points reprsenting georeferenced specimens on the right.

Before there are #species there are #specimens.

A new UI is coming to spatially explore and batch annotate collection objects- for taxonomists who monograph, and collections that digitally extend their specimens. #taxonomy

An atlas moth specimen in a frame: a large autumnal-colored moth with hooked top wings

Instagram doesn’t enjoy my content so I’ll ask here, what should I name my Atlas Moth specimen:
🦋Calypso
🦋Kafka
🦋Reply with a new name!

#moths #specimens #insects #science #entomology #bugs

When you look up in a biology lab prep room #peekaboo #dontlookup #specimens #notwhatiwaslookingfor #uniteaching #stem

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🎉May Project

💜 Let us see your stones 💜

✨ #石みてまこと氏 and post it!

I'm an extraterrestrial who loves ores.
I'd love to see your collections...

⏰ Sunday, May 18, 9:00pm(JP) Starts ⏰
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#相星まことのハイライト #Twitch
#Ores #Gemstones #Fossils #Specimens #MineralShow