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The Legacy of Labels

August 31, 2023

University of Alabama undergraduate student, Maddy Dissinger, is majoring in Biology and she is also enrolled in the Blount Scholars Program.

Seed shrimps feature in mass extinction study

August 21, 2023

Ostracods are small crustaceans living in a variety of environments. They were also present in and on the ocean floor in Brazil 66 million years ago.

Junior Naturalist: Pollinators

July 31, 2023

This program will teach young naturalists about pollinators, different species of pollinators, and their importance in the ecosystem and on agriculture. Nature is all around us and ready to explore! Junior Naturalists (Grades K-5) will learn about the outdoors, natural history, and science together with your family in this hands-on experience. This program is geared for Grade K-5.

Discovering Alabama Screening at the Alabama Museum of Natural History

July 26, 2023

Join Dr. Doug and members of the Discovering Alabama team at the Alabama Museum of Natural History for a special premiere of Discovering Alabama’s latest episode, “Alabama Quadricentennial”. In this show, host Doug Phillips is joined by several leading environmental scientists who provide their expert perspective in addressing the question, “What will Alabama’s natural environment be like by the time of the state’s Quadricentennial?” Consideration is given to global and national issues of population pressures, altered ecosystems, and other aspects […]

Why Sharks Matter: The John S. Steiner Endowed Lecture Series

July 23, 2023

Since it is Shark Week, we figured it would be the perfect time to announce a special FREE presentation about why sharks matter!

New overview of fossil anomuran crustaceans

July 21, 2023

The Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology are a series of chapters published since the 20th century with overviews of invertebrate fossil groups.

Assessment of targeted enrichment locus capture across time and museums using odonate specimens

July 11, 2023

The use of gDNAs isolated from museum specimens for high throughput sequencing, especially targeted sequencing in the context of phylogenetics, is a common practice.