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2008

Thumbnail image of ptarmigan January

White-tailed ptarmigans (Lagopus leucura)

 

Thumbnail image of fossil ginkgo February

Fossil ginkgo from Siberia

 

Thumbnail image of mantispid March

Mantispid (Climaciella brunnea)

 

Thumbnail image of ivory needle April

Arctic ivory needle

 

Thumbnail image of bush sunflower herbarium sheet May

Botany on the Frontier: Alice Eastwood's Collection

 

2007

Thumbnail image of mug January

Black-on-white mug

Thumbnail image of moss July

What is a moss?

Thumbnail image of plant February

Ethnobotanical collection

Thumbnail image of crayfish August

Crayfish in Colorado

Thumbnail image of toad March

Couch's spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchii)

Thumbnail image of fossil mouse skullSeptember

A giant mouse (Ischyromys)

Thumbnail image of theropod track April

Theropod track

Thumbnail image of wolf spiderOctober

Wolf spider (Hogna carolinensis): 8-legged intrigue

Thumbnail image of Moss's Elfin butterly May

Moss's elfin (Callophrys mossii)

Thumbnail image of miniature Makah basket November

Miniature Makah basket

Thumbnail image of deer scalp headdress June

Deer scalp headdress

Thumbnail image of gingko herbarium sheet December

Ginkgo tree

2006

Thumbnail image of brontothere skull January

Brontothere skull (Megacerops sp.)

Thumbnail image of bee specimen July

Hoplitis fulgida fulgida, a really wild bee

Thumbnail image of grasshopper specimen February

Orthoptera (grasshoppers) (Family Acrididae)

Thumbnail image of quillwork shirt August

Man's shirt with quillwork

Thumbnail image of jar March

Potter María Martínez presents jar to University

Thumbnail image of pinesapSeptember

Parasitic plants - Pinesap

Thumbnail image of plant gallsApril

Plant galls

Thumbnail image of New Zealand mud snail October

New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)

Thumbnail image of spotted bat May

Spotted bat (Euderma maculaturm)

Thumbnail image of ammonite November

Ammonite shell

Thumbnail image of land tortoise shell June

Land tortoise (Stylemys nebrascensis)

Thumbnail image of red-winged grasshopper December

Northwestern red-winged grasshopper (Arphia pseudonietana)

2005

Thumbnail image of glass lantern slide January

Glass lantern slide of Chichén Itzá archaeological site

Thumbnail image of Western rattlesnake July

Western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)

Thumbnail image of botanical illustration February

Pemberton painting of Cucurbita pepo L. (Pumpkin)

Thumbnail image of bristlecone pine August

Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) - Holotype specimen

Thumbnail image of beetle jewelry March

Living jewelry - tenebrionid beetle

Thumbnail image of feather-winged beetle September

Feather-winged beetle (Acrotrichis sp.)

Thumbnail image of mussel shell April

Freshwater mussel

Thumbnail image of dog-hair sash October

Dog-hair sashes

Thumbnail image of moccasins May

Insulated moccasins

Thumbnail image of fern November

Fern (black spleenwort) (Asplenium adiantum-nigrum)

Thumbnail image of oreodont brain cast June

Merycoidodon skull and endocast

Thumbnail image of passenger pigion specimen December

Passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)

2004

Thumbnail image of cecropia moth February

The cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia)

Thumbnail image of jingle dress August

Jingle dress

Thumbnail image of flicker feather artifact March

Flicker feather "headdress"

Thumbnail image of lichens September

Lichens

Thumbnail image of Indian paintbrush plant April

Indian paintbrush

Thumbnail image of trout October

Trout

Thumbnail image of Hawaiian tree snails May

Hawaiian tree snails

Thumbnail image of fossil fern November

Fossil fern (Pecopteris sp.)

Thumbnail image of fossil therapsid June

Fossil therapsid (Theriognathus microps)

Thumbnail image of snow fly December

Snow fly (Chionea nigra)

Thumbnail image of firefly July

Ode to a Firefly (Photuris sp.)

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