Explore: Collecting Of Specimens

Historically, insect collecting has been widespread and was in the Victorian age a very popular educational hobby. Insect collecting has left traces in

Mineral collecting is the hobby of systematically collecting, identifying and displaying mineral specimens. Mineral collecting can also be a part of the profession

disorders. The techniques used to collect urine specimens vary based on the desired test. A random urine, meaning a specimen that is collected at any time

hobby, or profit. Fossil collecting, as practiced by amateurs, is the predecessor of modern paleontology and many still collect fossils and study fossils

their handling. Micromount specimen collecting has a number of advantages over collecting larger specimens. Micromount specimens take up less space and cost

The hobby of collecting often goes hand-in-hand with an interest in the objects collected and what they represent, for example collecting postcards may

bore (9.1 mm) is a shotgun bore. Its main uses included collecting ornithological specimens, pest control, and self-defense, often concealed in walking

public knowledge of zoology. Zoological specimens are extremely diverse. Examples are bird and mammal study skins, mounted specimens, skeletal material

Plant collecting is the acquisition of plant specimens for the purposes of research, cultivation, or as a hobby. Plant specimens may be kept alive, but

or rock collecting (also referred to as rockhounding in the United States and Canada) is the non-professional study and hobby of collecting rocks and