News
Ohio State University cicada collection gets us in the spirit for the latest brood
In antecipation of the emergence of the 17-year cicadas of Brood V here in Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch came to visit the Triplehorn Insect Collection to see what other species of cicadas are known…
Dr. Luciana Musetti wins Arts & Sciences staff award
Dr. Luciana Musetti, Curator in the Triplehorn Insect Collection, has been awarded an Outstanding Staff Award by the College of Arts and Sciences. She is one of six individuals college-wide who…
OSU Museum specimens highlighted in the news.
The Museum of Biological Diversity at Ohio State and its amazing specimens were featured in the Columbus Dispatch today.
The article includes a very nice video of the scientists and…
New species of gastropod from Brazil
Recent publication by Dr. Watters, Curator of the Division of Molluscs at the Museum of Biological Diversity.
Watters, G.T. 2016. A new species of
Newly described species of land snail from the Dominican Republic
Recent publication by Dr. Watters, Curator of the Division of Molluscs at the Museum of Biological Diversity.
Watters, G.T. 2016. The Abbottella moreletiana
Thirteen new species of African parasitoid wasps
A recent publication from the Johnson Systemarics Lab documents thirteen new species of egg parasitoid wasp of the genus Oxyscelio (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
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Large Ohio and Arctic Butterfly Collection Received
On October 15th the Triplehorn Insect Collection received the David Parshall Butterfly Collection, a gift of over 50,000 pinned specimens, plus many thousands more preserved in envelopes. This is…
Biological museums work to digitize and publish entire collections.
Museums around the globe, including at Ohio State University, are trying to harness the power of digital technology to make available collections that have long lay dormant on shelves and in dusty…
New museum BLOG
The purpose of the museum blog is to share with the community the happenings, news, and successes (and sometimes failures) of the research collections (herbarium, ticks & mites, insects, molluscs,…