Despite being nearly 10 months into the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic,
the definitive animal host for SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic reveals a
major gap in global biosecurity infrastructure: a lack of publicly available biological samples …

The ever-increasing human footprint even in very remote places on Earth has inspired
efforts to document biodiversity vigorously in case organisms go extinct. However, the data …

Over 300 million arthropod specimens are housed in North American natural history
collections. These collections represent a “vast hidden treasure trove” of biodiversity− 95 …

Biological collections are a critical part of the nation's science and innovation infrastructure
and a fundamental resource for understanding the natural world. Biological collections …

Given the dramatic pace of change of our planet, we need rapid collection of environmental
data to document how species are coping and to evaluate the impact of our conservation …

Museum specimens play an increasingly important role in predicting the outcomes and
revealing the consequences of anthropogenically driven disruption of the biosphere. As …

While museum voucher specimens continue to be the standard for species identifications,
biodiversity data are increasingly represented by photographic records from camera traps …

The open-science movement seeks to increase transparency, reproducibility, and access to
scientific data. As primary data, preserved biological specimens represent records of global …

At this point I wish to emphasize what I believe will ultimately prove to be the greatest value
of our museum. This value will not, however, be realized until the lapse of many years …