specimens

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Two of those specimens turned out to contain fossilized animals that were nearly impossible to see with the naked eye because the amber pieces were never polished.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Although Goethe owned the amber specimens, he showed relatively little interest in amber itself beyond its optical properties.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The wrongdoing was uncovered last year after an investigation found that between 1966 and 1991 pathologists may have "actively sourced" 177 human specimens collected during autopsies before handing them to a university museum.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Coroner Simon Cooper found that the "now-dead forensic pathologist Dr Royal Cummings was the person who provided the large majority of coronial specimens to the museum".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

No one knew enough to connect butterflies with their pupae, and neither had they recorded what various caterpillar specimens ate or how they behaved as they grew.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman