Disarticulation Station
The most recent specimen cleaned in the Terhune lab’s dermestid colony was an adult North American River Otter or Lontra canadensis that was killed by a local dog and donated to the Terhune lab. While the otter’s cranium was broken and stored in formalin...
Veiled Chameleon Dissection and Timelapse
For the past couple weeks the Terhune Lab has been cleaning chameleons for the Willson Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences here at UArk. The video below is a timelapse of the beetles cleaning an adult veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) over the course...
Happy Holidays from the Terhune Lab!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Terhune Lab! Unfortunately, one of our local chipmunks will not be singing this year due to a tragic accident involving the neighbor’s dog. However, we at the Terhune lab believe it would have wanted its...
Guinea Pigs Galore: Group Dissection and Timelapse
This week our dermestid colony is cleaning a group of baby guinea pigs