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February 18, 2016

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 […]

September 24, 2013

Even more uses of the Natural History Collections!

August 29, 2013

Museum Specimens are Basis of New Research

August 9, 2013

We Put the “Re-” in Research!

September 14, 2012

Fighting Emerald Ash Borers at Cedar Bog Nature Preserve

March 18, 2011

Mental Health Records: An Introduction for Researchers

When searching for the record of an individual’s care in Ohio’s institutional system, it can be helpful to have an understanding of the services available at the time.

Current Research: 3D scanning of Obsidian Bifaces

Baby Rattlers on Greenbrier Ridge

Timber Rattlers — Going, Going, Not quite Gone!