Winter 2024 3 PHOTO ESSAY gical history that is absolutely critical to maintain in the wake of global change.” In addition to being loaned out to researchers across the world, specimens also turn up in class‑ rooms for students to examine and sketch. OSU’s virtual teaching collec‑ tions contain thousands of specimen images and 3D models that bring similar experiences to Ecampus students. Sign up for a tour, volunteer or donate to help expand and protect the collections, by going to ichthyology.oregonstate.edu. over time — where they lived, how they have adapted, even what they ate or what parasites were on them,” says Selina Heppell, the head of OSU’s Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences. “It’s an important record of biolo‑ PHOTOS BY STEPHEN WARD
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