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This Halloween season, learn how the National Museum of Natural History’s dermestid beetle colony transforms decaying animal carcasses into spotless skeletons.
Emma Saaty
October 26, 2023
Madison Goldberg
March 31, 2022
Abigail Eisenstadt
April 13, 2021
Dusting Dinosaurs and Elephants: How Specialists Keep the Museum’s Largest Treasures Spotless
Shrew Are You? Scientist Discovers Two New Species of Shrews in Museum’s Collection