This Halloween season, learn how the National Museum of Natural History’s dermestid beetle colony transforms decaying animal carcasses into spotless skeletons. Emma Saaty The Smithsonian’s Osteo Prep ...
The six-legged staffers of the American Museum of Natural History’s Bug Colony do their grisly work under a lid. The result: neatly tidied bones. The six-legged staffers of the American Museum of ...
What if we told you that a small army of flesh-eating insects plays a crucial role in helping the Smithsonian prep and preserve its fossils? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re going behind ...
What if we told you that a small army of flesh-eating insects plays a crucial role in helping the Smithsonian prep and preserve its bones? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re going behind ...