Field Notes

Field Notes

Montana Public Radio

Nature notes and inquiry from the Montana Natural History Center.

Radio: KUFM Montana Public Radio 89.1 FM

Categories: Science & Medicine

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In late 2020 I’m spending mornings masked, working in a lab in the University of Montana Zoological Museum. The museum houses research collections of natural artifacts like skins and skeletons. But behind the scenes museum staff tend a single living collection: a colony of dermestid beetles, the meticulous scavengers that scour flesh from bones before a skeleton can be installed in the museum.

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    Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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    Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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