Category: Biodiversity

Auburn Christmas Bird Count

Do you enjoy watching birds? Do you want to be a scientist and help collect data? Join us on Saturday, December 16th for a 24-hour citizen science event, the Auburn Christmas Bird Count! The Auburn Christmas Bird Count has been happening for 30 years and is part of the larger Audubon Christmas Bird Count, which started in 1900…Continue Reading Auburn Christmas Bird Count

Orphaned Collections and the Taxonomic Dilemma

Over the course of the last 150 years or so, universities and other agencies collected specimens, often as part of field classes. Some of these specimens eventually formed individual collections, and sometimes those collections would amalgamate into museums with multiple collections. As time has passed, priorities for universities and other agencies changed, and professors retired…Continue Reading Orphaned Collections and the Taxonomic Dilemma

March Mammal Madness 2022 is here!

Welcome back animal lovers and competitors… Join us for the 2022 edition of March Mammal Madness and test your skill at picking which mammal will reign supreme. Watch AUMNH Mammal Curator Dr. Wendy Hood explain March Mammal Madness below. The 2022 March Mammal Madness (MMM) tournament is here! Now is your time to learn more about the wonderful and diverse…Continue Reading March Mammal Madness 2022 is here!

March Mammal Madness has arrived!

Calling all animal lovers and competitors… The March Mammal Madness bracket has arrived! Now is your time to learn more about the wonderful and diverse beasts in this year’s competition and predict who would be dominant should the paired species find themselves in the same location. Please follow the fun on AU Museum of Natural History social…Continue Reading March Mammal Madness has arrived!

Icy Inverts…they are beyond cool!

Join Marine Invertebrates Curator Dr. Kenneth Halanych and Invertebrate Collections Manager, Nusrat Noor as they, and their colleagues, share their adventures from a recent collecting trip to the Antarctic through the Icy Inverts YouTube Channel. They, along with their colleagues from the University of Alabama, The University of Alaska Anchorage, and Central Michigan University, will share…Continue Reading Icy Inverts…they are beyond cool!

Great article on a recent AUMNH expedition to Guyana to examine fish biodiversity.

Amazonas magazine published a report on a recent AUMNH expedition to Guyana to examine fish biodiversity. Follow the link below to read Nathan Lujan’s beautifully illustrated article and learn about some of the museum’s work in the field. Amazonas Article – Rediscovering a Lost Loricariid…Continue Reading Great article on a recent AUMNH expedition to Guyana to examine fish biodiversity.