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2020 Museum Open House is Postponed Indefinitely
The 2020 Museum of Biological Diversity Open House is postponed indefinitely. We make this decision to support the health of our staff, volunteers, and community.
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2020 Museum Open House is suspended
The 2020 Museum of Biological Diversity’s annual Open House, planned for Saturday, March 21, was suspended until further notice. This disappointing decision was made after considering…
Combita-Heredia & Klompen publish in Experimental and Applied Acarology
The biology of Megalolaelaps colossus (Acari: Dermanyssina)Orlando Cómbita-Heredia, Edwin Javier Quintero-Gutiérrez, Nicole Romero-García & Hans Klompen. 2020. Experimental and Applied…
Carstens Is Faculty Fellow For Transforming The Scholarly Publishing Economy
EEOB Professor, Bryan Carstens, begins a one-year appointment with University Libraries as Faculty Fellow for Transforming the Scholarly Publishing Economy, starting with the new year. He…
New crayfish species!
The Jewel Mudbug, a new crayfish species, was described by Bronwyn Williams (WLU), Zac Loughman (NCSM) and EEOB Grad student, Mael Glon. The authors named the crayfish (Lacunicambarus…
Specimen drawers through an artist's lens
Specimen drawers from the Triplehorn Insect Collection among others are featured in an exhibit going on at Hopkins Hall Gallery. The exhibit, curated by Ardine Nelson,…
Mael Glon and Roger Thoma featured in Dispatch article
Jim McCormac discusses "mudbugs" with EEOB graduate student, Mael Glon, and Museum of Biological Diversity Alumnus, Roger Thoma. Read the entire article on the Columbus Dispatch website.
MBD collections featured in Ardine Nelson's exhibit
Professor Emerita in the Department of Art Ardine Nelson is exhibiting works in Hopkins Hall Gallery, that features images of specimens from the Museum of Biological Diversity…
Carstens & Pelletier receive NSF grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Bryan Carstens & Tara Pelletier for a project titled "Aggregating and Repurposing Phylogeographic Data". This project will…