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January 28, 2014
The last few weeks up in the Project Lab, I have been preparing some study skins and skeletons of Rattus norvegicus. But before you wonder where these specimens were found and call the exterminator...
January 15, 2014
This week, I prepared a study skin of a wetland bird called a Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), the most widespread heron species in the world. There are 64 species in the heron...
December 20, 2013
In the mid 1950’s, the famed Russian-born novelist Vladimir Nabokov wrote the novel Lolita, which at the time was considered highly controversial because of its subject matter, the sexual attraction...
December 8, 2013
Many visitors often ask how volunteers got their start at the Academy and what inspired each person to get involved. Who better to provide some insight into the mind of the volunteer than some of...
November 24, 2013
I am sure most of you reading this have heard about the devastating typhoon that hit the central Philippines (Typhoon Haiyan). For me, this typhoon is extremely personal since it has destroyed many...
November 3, 2013
I recently prepared a study skin of an American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) that we received this month, the largest bird that I have ever worked on!