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 ...

Spectrum Health has announced that it plans to open drive-up coronavirus specimen collection centers. According to Spectrum’s Susan Krieger, the centers will “enable fast, efficient and safe ...

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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.

ANN ARBOR—Collecting plant and animal specimens is essential for scientific studies and conservation and does not, as some critics of the practice have suggested, play a significant role in species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I've visited the Field Museum for 21 years and finally got to tour one of its hidden collections. Researchers preserve and store ...