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Museum of Biological Diversity goes to the COSI Science Festival

COSI’s Science Festival is Ohio’s largest annual science event and features dozens of virtual events showcasing great science being done in Ohio. The festival’s goal is to show science is…

Freshwater Mussel Conservation – National and Ohio perspectives

The Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership (OBCP) at Ohio State University is hosting a VIRTUAL symposium on freshwater mussel conservation in honor of the late G. Thomas Watters on Wednesday…

First Virtual Internship a Success!

The first virtual internship offered by the Triplehorn Insect Collection this summer was featured prominently in a news story on Elon University's website. 

"Virtual internship…

A very special specimen of Carpenter bee

New publication highlights the value of collection specimens and the importance of making specimen level data widely available to the scientific community.

A single specimen of Carpenter…

Meg Daly Receives Distinguished Faculty Service Award

EEOB Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Meg Daly, is a 2020 recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Service Award. Faculty members are recognized for contributions to the…

Daly publishes in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Coffee With The Museum: Public Talks On Facebook

The Graduate Evolution and Ecology Students Organization (GEES) is working with the Museum of Biological Diversity (MBD) to launch a series of Facebook live events featuring grad students…

New paper from Megalomyrmex lab

Rachelle M. M. Adams, Rachel L. Wells, Stephen P. Yanoviak, Christopher J. Frost, and Eduardo G. P. Fox. 2020. Front. Ecol. Evol. https://…

MBD Open House 2020 Canceled

MBD Open House 2020 will NOT be held on March 21.  We are following University policy and doing what we can to reduce opportunities for exposure to corona virus. We hope to…