Specimen Processing

King Fischer Specimen with Arsenic. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Zoology Department (over 900 specimens in the collection), Denver, CO. 2005
Bird Bones 2. Osteology Lab. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Fish Bones. Osteology Lab. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Specimens Drying. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Zoology Department (over 900 specimens in the collection), Denver, CO. 2006
Student Intern Department of Invertebrate Zoology (892,530 records in the collection). National Museum of Nature and Science, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011.
Trapped Mouse. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Zoology Department (over 900 specimens in the collection), Denver, CO. 2006
Bird Skin Drying, Bird Prep Room, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds (423,081 records in the collection). National Museum of Nature and Science, Washington DC. 2010
Environmental Chamber, Dermestarium, Osteology Lab. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Dermestarium. Porpoise Skull in Prep. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Bird Bones Tied, Bird Prep Room, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds (423,081 records in the collection). National Museum of Nature and Science, Washington DC. 2010
Field Collection in the Osteology Lab. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Bird Bones 1. Osteology Lab. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
William Moser, Museum Specialist, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (892,530 records in the collection). National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011.
Bird Bones 3. Osteology Lab. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Porpoise skull. Osteology Lab. National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Bar Code of Life Specimens (Identifying species with DNA Barcoding) Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Fishes (334,101records in the collection). National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011
Drying Birds, Bird Prep Room, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds (423,081 records in the collection). National Museum of Nature and Science, Washington DC. 2010
Wrapped Bird, Bird Prep Room, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds (423,081 records in the collection). National Museum of Nature and Science, Washington DC. 2010
Insects on Pinning Block, Department of Entomology (222,758 records in the collection). National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC. 2010
Animals Waiting Prep for Liquid Storage, Pod 3, National Museum of Natural History, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD. 2011

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