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Department of Invertebrate Zoology

News and Highlights

 

A snail with different body parts labeled

Cowries

July 15th, 2020

A quick look at tiger cowries and the anatomy of snails

 

IZ Volunteer Tim Coffer with specimens

The Essential Work of Volunteers

February 28th, 2020

We take a moment to meet our volunteers at the Museum Support Center who provide a key role in processing our vast collections 

 

Andrea Quattrini in a control room

New Curators for Invertebrate Zoology

November 14th, 2019

A welcome to two new curators for the department, John Pfeiffer and Andrea Quattrini

Intern Zainab Hayat in the collections at MSC

Summer 2019 MSC Students 

October 7th, 2019

A look into what some hardworking and motivated undergraduate students were up to this summer at MSC

 

Group photo of participants of the 2019 MarineGEO BioBlitz

MarineGEO BioBlitz 2019

July 1st, 2019

Provides a summary of the 2019 Corpus Christi BioBlitz hosted by the Smithsonian's MarineGEO program. 

 

 

 

 

Rafael Lemaitre: Research Zoologist and Curator of Crustacea

Spotlight: Dr. Rafael Lemaitre 

May 20th, 2019

Highlights the work of curator emeritus Dr. Rafael Lemaitre, his extensive history in crustacean research, and his most recent scientific accomplishments.