Natural history museums are entertaining and educational places to visit, but they have an important role in research as well. Most natural history museums maintain collections of animal specimens-from skulls and bones to entire preserved bodies of organisms-that scientists can access for research. For example, when scientists find a new species, they frequently contact the taxonomists who work at museums to compare the new species with previously discovered species, which helps the taxonomists classify the new species. Imagine you are working as a volunteer in a natural history museum. You hear one day that scientists have recently discovered an entirely new species of arthropod in the area, and they've sent a live specimen to the museum for identification. You are asked to help the taxonomists classify and identify the mysterious species.

Natural history museums are entertaining and educational places to visit, but they have an important role in research as well. Most natural history museums maintain collections of animal specimens-from skulls and bones to entire preserved bodies of organisms-that scientists can access for research. For example, when scientists find a new species, they frequently contact the taxonomists who work at museums to compare the new species with previously discovered species, which helps the taxonomists classify the new species. Imagine you are working as a volunteer in a natural history museum. You hear one day that scientists have recently discovered an entirely new species of arthropod in the area, and they've sent a live specimen to the museum for identification. You are asked to help the taxonomists classify and identify the mysterious species.

Concepts of Biology

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168116

Author:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Publisher:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Chapter11: Evolution And Its Processes

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