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The specimen, which contains a tyrannosaur tooth still embedded in another dinosaur's skull, is the focus of a new study by researchers from Montana State University and the University of Alberta in Canada.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Cassandra Hatton argues that the price of Gus is a reflection of how important a specimen he is.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

She was excited to feature such an unusual specimen on her Instagram plant blog, @cubehousejungle, and hopes to make it to this year’s bloom too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

At the center was a specimen determined to likely be the baby of a crocodile-esque creature known as an embolomere, which lived mostly in the water but did develop little legs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Some of the men tried to create some excitement for the biologist, Robert Clark, by putting some pieces of cooked spaghetti into one of his specimen bottles of ocean water.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

As the day goes on, these smelly specimens will close back up and collapse, losing their infamously rotten odor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

She says that dinosaur specimens are no longer being seen for their scientific value "but like we might view art" as something to collect by wealthy individuals, which has driven the price up.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Smithwick says the potential for losing specimens is also a risk with museums.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

"Jian is one of the biggest microraptor specimens that has ever been found," says O'Connor.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

He had briefed the staff in the laboratory on Leesburg Pike—which had been handling monkey blood and tissue samples— about the need to handle these specimens as if they were infected with the aids virus.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston