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Diversity of artists in major U.S. museums

Chad M. Topaz, Bernhard Klingenberg, [ ... ], Kevin M. Murphy

Description of a New Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island

Nikos Poulakakis, Danielle L. Edwards, [ ... ], Adalgisa Caccone

Absence of Ancient DNA in Sub-Fossil Insect Inclusions Preserved in ‘Anthropocene’ Colombian Copal

David Penney, Caroline Wadsworth, [ ... ], Terence A. Brown

A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters

Kate Charlton-Robb, Lisa-ann Gershwin, [ ... ], Stephen McKechnie

The Soul-Sucking Wasp by Popular Acclaim – Museum Visitor Participation in Biodiversity Discovery and Taxonomy

Michael Ohl, Volker Lohrmann, [ ... ], Stefanie Krause

Scorpion Sheds ‘Tail’ to Escape: Consequences and Implications of Autotomy in Scorpions (Buthidae: Ananteris)

Camilo I. Mattoni, Solimary García-Hernández, [ ... ], Lorenzo Prendini

A New Owl Species of the Genus Otus (Aves: Strigidae) from Lombok, Indonesia

George Sangster, Ben F. King, Philippe Verbelen, Colin R. Trainor

A Unique Nest-Protection Strategy in a New Species of Spider Wasp

Michael Staab, Michael Ohl, Chao-Dong Zhu, Alexandra-Maria Klein

Predicting the distribution of poorly-documented species, Northern black widow (Latrodectus variolus) and Black purse-web spider (Sphodros niger), using museum specimens and citizen science data

Yifu Wang, Nicolas Casajus, [ ... ], Maxim Larrivée

Fixing Formalin: A Method to Recover Genomic-Scale DNA Sequence Data from Formalin-Fixed Museum Specimens Using High-Throughput Sequencing

Sarah M. Hykin, Ke Bi, Jimmy A. McGuire

Hybridization Capture Using RAD Probes (hyRAD), a New Tool for Performing Genomic Analyses on Collection Specimens

Tomasz Suchan, Camille Pitteloud, [ ... ], Nadir Alvarez

Shark Tooth Weapons from the 19^th Century Reflect Shifting Baselines in Central Pacific Predator Assemblies

Joshua Drew, Christopher Philipp, Mark W. Westneat

Was Frozen Mammoth or Giant Ground Sloth Served for Dinner at The Explorers Club?

Jessica R. Glass, Matt Davis, [ ... ], Adalgisa Caccone

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