Research & Collections Photo Gallery

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Patrick Center for Environmental Research

Chemist Mike Schafer analyzing a water sample.
Credit: Bruce Tepper/ANSP
Fisheries scientist David Heller examines a fish for environmental toxins.
Credit: Bruce Tepper/ANSP
Phycologist Dr. Ling Ren looking at diatoms in her microscope.
Credit: Bruce Tepper/ANSP

Ornithology

A warbler from the Ornithology collection.
Credit: Katie O. Clark/ANSP
Dr. Nate Rice showing a hummingbird specimen from the Ornithology collection to visiting students.
Credit: Dennis Murphy/ANSP

Paleontology

Tiktaalik fossil site in Nunavut, Canadian Arctic.
Credit: Ted Daeschler/ANSP

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