Are museum collections of ancient life representative?
...and bugs. Increasingly, researchers are looking to museum collections to answer questions about what lived o...al erosion with large boulders or rip rap. But are museum collections representative of what is found in nature? Maybe the curator just looked for T-rex teeth...Plentiful fossils of dinosaur contemporary allow population study
...irginia-North Carolina border not too far from the museum in Martinsville, Va. and all specimens are current...between different groups of Tanys. So far, Casey, museum vertebrate paleontology curator Nicholas Fraser, and Virginia Tech geosciences professor Michal Kowa...Genome of ancient fish could reveal evolutionary mysteries, Stanford scientists say
...t. They were thought to be extinct until 1938 when museum curator Marjorie Courtaney-Latimer discovered a specimen in a fisherman's catch near Cape Town, South Africa. In 1998 a honeymooning researcher found a second population off the coast of Indonesia. Last year Myers and David Kingsley, Ph...New method to measure ancient land elevation developed by Field Museum scientist
... This research also highlights the importance of museum collections, Dr. McElwain noted. "You never know w...n specimens or artifacts kept at a natural history museum like ours until someone develops a new method, tool or technology to draw out those secrets." ...Research points to new theory driving evolutionary changes
... findings, based on data gathered from hundreds of museum specimens of dogs and from blood samples of volunteered live dogs, offer a new explanation for the sudden, rapid rise of new species found in the fossil record. They also help explain the variability in appearance among individual members of a specie...Hummingbirds lose power at high altitudes
...ecies." McGuire obtained DNA samples from museum specimens, relying mostly upon the tropical bird collections of the Museum of Natural Science at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and analyzed two nuclear and one mitochondrial gene from each species. Though only 75 species are represented ...The Louis-Jeantet-Prize for Medicine 2005
...ped techniques that make the retrieval of DNA from museum specimens and archaeological remains possible and instituted controls that set standards in this field. More recently, he has focused on comparative evolutionary studies of primate genomes. His work aims to discover specific genetic changes that took...June meeting to explore how science, technology inspire art; promote new art forms
... from scholarly talks to gallery presentations and museum visits." The symposium, to be held June 9-12 at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel in downtown New Brunswick, is accepting advance registrations through May 15. Applications to exhibit art work or present conference papers are due Feb. 21. These can be made at ...UF researcher: Ideas about fossil horses undergo evolution in thinking
...ays of evolutionary studies, biology textbooks and museum exhibits since the 1800s. "Bruce MacFadden's Science 'Perspective' on horse evolution elegantly summarizes the latest information on their fossil record, and the knowledge that continues to arise from a wide variety of analyses of both new discover...AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner registers 'strong concerns' over suppression of science films
..., explains that fear of protests has prompted some museum managers to scrub such offerings from play lists. ...opposition. AAAS is eager to provide assistance to museum leaders facing evolution-related conflicts. Toward that end, we invite your feedback regarding the s...Dinosaur fossil bone leads to gender, age determinations
...rved in dinosaur bone," said Dr. Betsy M. Bennett, museum director. The cast will be placed in the museum's Paleo Lab along with the complete story of where it was found, how it was excavated and how Schweitzer discovered the unique tissue cells in the hollow....Stories of descent: Deep genealogy
...tive exhibits targeted to students and adults, the museum helps translate the studies conducted by the Natio...can help catch criminals and stop epidemics. The museum is located at the corner of 6th & E Streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C., one block from the MCI Center...Field Museum book profiles Illinois insects
..."Readable text provided by curatorial staff at the museum accompanies artwork meant to unveil treasures found here at home, where conservation begins," says John McCarter, Field Museum President and CEO. An artist adapts Macnamara, who has been painting watercolors at The Field Museum for more than 20 ...Pizza and prose with author Robert Hazen
... natural events. The event is co-sponsored by the museum and Joseph Henry Press, an imprint of the National...tive exhibits targeted to students and adults, the museum helps translate the studies conducted by the National Academies into accessible, engaging exhibits. ...Gladstone Institutes assists with Exploratorium stem cell exhibit
...em Cell Lab provided living cells and helped train museum staff members for the development and launch of a ...stem cells being grown for the exhibit and trained museum staff members on techniques to activate the cells into their differentiated cardiac myocyte state. I...How a zebra lost its stripes: Rapid evolution of the quagga
New Haven, Conn. -DNA from museum samples of extinct animals is providing unexpected...xtinct about 100 years ago. The pelt from a quagga museum specimen was the subject of tissue sampling that launched the field of ancient DNA analysis. "Twenty...The shape of things to come: Morphology database going global
...llustrate an article, researchers now must go to a museum or depository to view the specimens or arrange for a loan. Ronquist envisions a system in which authors would deposit images into MorphBank, and journals could point readers to the database to view them. Considering that only 1 million of the 10 mill...In Western bluebird as well as human families, accumulated wealth encourages stability
...f her study with coauthor Andrew McGowan, a former museum researcher now at the Marine Turtle Research Group in the United Kingdom, were reported online last month in The Proceedings of the Royal Society B and will appear in print later this year. "This experiment supports the idea that relative wealth of r...News conference event and call-in announcing findings from Harvard study on climate change
...and 79th Street in New York City. Please enter the museum at the 77th Street entrance (between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue). Why: The Climate Change Futures project and subsequent study stemmed from a common concern of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School,...Yale receives Science Education Partnership Award to increase science literacy
...ory at Yale will house the project, coordinated by museum educators Laura Fawcett and Terri Stern. The scien...ience kits. Researchers, graduate students and the museum will provide and organize laboratory demonstrations and specimens for hands-on activities. Phase II...