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A two day Biosynthesis meeting was held on August 29 & 30, which worked toward the goal of engaging students of partnering institutions to aid in capturing data from scientific collections; thus relieving some of the taxonomic impediment.
Reflections on the discovery, announced this month, of an entirely new spider family discovered in Oregon caves.
There is nothing like a long car trip to appreciate the wonder of North American birds.
The Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies hosts five high-school students and three undergraduate students students this summer. They receive a unique hands-on education with meteorite-related laboratory work and collections management projects. On our website and on our Facebook page we will feature brief presentations of them, their projects and experience at the RAPC.
Last week I was in Green Bay, Wisc., for the American Arachnological Society meeting, which brought together about 100 researchers working with spiders and other arachnids.
Male frogs can sometimes be tricked into calling by imitating their call.
Prof. Nyakabwa made a world of difference to biology students in the Congo.









