Specimen collection is essential for modern science.
Michael W NachmanElizabeth J BeckmanRauri Ck BowieCarla CiceroChris J ConroyRobert DudleyTyrone B HayesMichelle S KooEileen A LaceyChristopher H MartinJimmy A McGuireJames L PattonCarol L SpencerRebecca D TarvinMarvalee H WakeIan J WangAnang AchmadiSergio Ticul Álvarez-CastañedaMichael J AndersenJairo ArroyaveChristopher C AustinF Keith BarkerLisa N BarrowGeorge F BarrowcloughJohn BatesAaron M BauerKayce C BellRayna C BellAllison W BronsonRafe M BrownFrank T BurbrinkKevin J BurnsCarlos Daniel CadenaDavid C CannatellaTodd A CastoeProsanta ChakrabartyJocelyn P ColellaJoseph A CookJoel L CracraftDrew R DavisAlison R Davis RaboskyGuillermo D'ElíaJohn P DumbacherJonathan L DunnumScott V EdwardsJacob A EsselstynJulián FaivovichJon FjeldsåOscar A Flores-VillelaKassandra FordJérôme FuchsMatthew K FujitaJeffrey M GoodEli GreenbaumHarry W GreeneShannon HackettAmir HamidyJames HankenTri HaryokoMelissa Tr HawkinsLawrence R HeaneyDavid M HillisBradford D HollingsworthAngela D HornsbyPeter A HosnerMohammad IrhamSharon JansaRosa Alicia JiménezLeo JosephJeremy J KirchmanTravis J LaDucAdam D LeachéEnrique P LessaHernán López-FernándezNicholas A MasonJohn E McCormackCaleb D McMahanRobert G MoyleRicardo A OjedaLink E OlsonChan Kin OnnLynne R ParentiGabriela Parra-OleaBruce D PattersonGregory B PaulySilvia E PavanA Townsend PetersonSteven PoeDaniel L RaboskyChristopher J RaxworthySushma ReddyAlejandro Rico-GuevaraAwal RiyantoLuiz A RochaSantiago R RonSean M RovitoKevin C RoweJodi RowleySara RuaneDavid Salazar-ValenzuelaAllison J ShultzBrian SidlauskasDerek S SikesNancy B SimmonsMelanie L J StiassnyJeffrey W StreicherBryan L StuartAdam P SummersJose TaveraPablo TetaCody W ThompsonRobert M TimmOmar Torres-CarvajalGary VoelkerRobert S VossKevin WinkerChristopher WittElizabeth A WommackRobert M ZinkPublished in: PLoS biology (2023)
Natural history museums are vital repositories of specimens, samples and data that inform about the natural world; this Formal Comment revisits a Perspective that advocated for the adoption of compassionate collection practices, querying whether it will ever be possible to completely do away with whole animal specimen collection.