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May 1, 2015

That’s one HUGE rodent!

We had two international researchers make a special trip to Columbus this week just to examine specimens in the natural history collections! OK, they're from Canada, but that's still international right!? Anyway, we were pleased to welcome Tessa Plint and Dr. Fred Longstaffe of the Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science at the University of Western […]

May 27, 2014

Happy Birthday, Rachel Carson!

Today is the 107th birthday of Rachel Carson. Unfortunately she died too young, at only 56 years old, of cancer. Ironically one of her greatest accomplishments was helping to ban agricultural use the synthetic pesticide DDT, which was later discovered to be linked to breast cancer. Her accomplishments are too numerous to describe in this […]

August 24, 2011

Bones of a cool Ice Age animal! Answer to FoW #35.

What is it!? Freak of the Week #29

OHC Curator E. S. Thomas warns about DDT use… in 1948!

Thoughts on the Passenger Pigeon

Black bears visit the Ohio History Center!

Timber Rattlers — Going, Going, Not quite Gone!

“There’s a dinosaur in my backseat!”

That’s one HUGE rodent!

Happy Birthday, Rachel Carson!

Is Taxidermy Valuable for a Museum?