SciColl

We are devoted to promoting the use and impact of object-based scientific collections across disciplines.

[Biodiversity Heritage Library @BioDivLibrary]

"...we are in danger of losing 80% or more of the world's species..."

A new @ScienceMagazine editorial stresses the importance of preserving, providing access to, & learning from natural history collections as we fight to document & save biodiversity. https://t.co/yPwqePqU0O

[Scientific American @sciam]

Influenza’s wild origins in the animals around us https://t.co/lldqJJR62X

[Scientific American @sciam]

Now might be the right time to consider opening at least one of the still-sealed samples from the moon. https://t.co/ZATKITYnNb

[Am Soc Mammalogists @Mammalogists]

Leadership from 3 taxonomic societies (@Mammalogists, @AmOrnith, and @ASIHCopeia) have submitted a letter expressing need to continue funding Biological Survey Unit. This is an important & relevant scientific resource that should continue to be supported.

https://t.co/pJLxOGwBbD

[Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo]

Not everything in the #dennylice collection is in fact a louse, these leaves and mites were collected from the Kremlin Imperial Palace greenhouse in 1869!

[NPR Science Desk @nprscience]

Salmonella May Have Caused Massive Aztec Epidemic, Study Finds https://t.co/A1WyrYVkeg

[Biodiversity Heritage Library @BioDivLibrary]

BHL's collection on #medicalbotany is growing thanks to @NYAMHistory, who has added 9 titles to #BHLib as part of the #BHLExpandingAccess project (funded by @US_IMLS): https://t.co/WeosOzjdvg

[SciColl @sci_coll]

We had fun with this one - thanks to @ebubechio for the article and @nlrobinsonart for use of the illustration! #halloween #collections

[SciColl @sci_coll]

Happy Halloween! Read all about #brains on our blog today, how they evolved & how grandma might survive the wolf!
https://t.co/4ni2elixEM

[ipbes @IPBES]

Seed Banks: important repositories of #biodiversity @nytimes story about Ali Shehadeh, a Syrian seed hunter:
https://t.co/34DxRkWCVM

[Allie Alvis (mostly on 🦋 now) @book_historia]

Having a #BlueMonday here in @SILibraries , comparing @NMNH bluebird specimens to Ridgeway’s 1886 “Nomenclature of Colors” 💙

[SciColl @sci_coll]

It's Tuesday - we have another blog post out! This one from @eden_absar on pediatric #hiv #collections #networks https://t.co/cjalL6V40a

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

The remains were unearthed from more than 26 feet of rubble and hadn't seen the light of day in nearly 2,000 years https://t.co/WHqU3ZyBgR

[SciColl @sci_coll]

All set up at the #sidigi fair, come see us! Today and tmw, update you #grscicoll records on the spot! @smithsonian @SIxDIGI

[NHM Library and Archives @NHM_Library]

Visiting the new Illuminating India exhibition @ScienceMuseum ? We have loaned 3 William Sykes (1790-1872) sketchbooks 1/2

[SciColl @sci_coll]

today on the blog - a post from summer intern @EbubechiO looking at collections and pandemics #emergingdiseases https://t.co/g2W6kbf9m2

[SciColl @sci_coll]

on the blog- we remember our #emergingdiseases workshop 3 years ago and dive into stories of collections and success https://t.co/HGgLh5wNll

[Scientific American @sciam]

Fossilized poo reveals vegetarian dinosaurs had a taste for crabs https://t.co/W711eU9wvP

[Biodiversity Heritage Library @BioDivLibrary]

Could co-authorship of research articles help raise the visibility of #NaturalHistory collections & their impact? https://t.co/I30dX7PIR7

[Scientific American @sciam]

China’s delayed moon mission sparks debate over lunar samples https://t.co/RaTR6e3M83