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The British record was set in Whitby by a 386kg specimen in 1933.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The specimen is now part of the University of Liverpool's collections.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

At first glance, he thought he was looking at a specimen that had been sick or injured rather than a new species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Each specimen can be scanned in about 45 seconds, allowing researchers to digitize entire museum collections far more efficiently than would otherwise be possible.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

It was not an event of much moment; but my memory of it is clear, and it will act as a serviceable specimen of the conversations among our academicians.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

"I'm really more of a paleoecologist, paleogeographer, not a taxonomist," says Dr. Cruz, who noticed unusual features in the Tar Pits specimens that distinguished S. labreae from known spadefoot toads.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Critics have argued that organic material detected in fossils could have entered the specimens much later from microbes, soil, handling, or other environmental sources.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Earlier, a number of specimens, including parts of the early dinosaur Thecodontosaurus, were destroyed in Bristol after an Axis raid in 1940.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

He then compared the collection with the 80 specimens at the Herpetology Collection at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The nuns sold their best specimens and kept the less perfect ones to eat themselves, though Malcolm thought Sister Fenella’s pies tasted pretty good, whatever the apples looked like.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman