Jocelyn P. Colella

  • Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Assistant Curator of Mammals, University of Kansas
Behind the scenes, natural history museums store biological samples from the field. Ryan Stephens

Museum specimens could help fight the next pandemic – why preserving collections is crucial to future scientific discoveries

Specimen preservation means researchers don’t need to reinvent the wheel each time they ask a new question, making it critical for the advancement of science. But many specimens are discarded or lost.

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