specimens
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To solve the mystery, she joined forces with other researchers from around the world to investigate the family history of tiger cats, using DNA from living animals and museum specimens.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Museum paleontologists excavated some 70% of Thomas’s fossilized skeleton in the early 2000s, making it one of the most complete T. rex specimens ever found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Fossils from the site can be seen at the Montsec de Meià Interpretation Center in the town of Vilanova de Meià, where more than 100 exceptionally preserved specimens are on display.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
"The sheer volume of specimens we have coming in is our problem," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Perhaps collectors who had read her two caterpillar books might wish to buy her watercolors—or her carefully preserved caterpillar and butterfly specimens.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
