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ArBOOretum at the University of Alabama

This past weekend we celebrated the spooky season at the University of Alabama Arboretum for its annual ArBOOretum Trick or Treating...

Alabama Homecoming: In-person Outreach Event

During the COVID pandemic, I was working in the Academy of Natural Science Malacology Collection. There, I fell in love with the...

Spooky Snails! The "Ghostly" Gray-footed Lancetooth

By: Chandler Olson Spooky season is upon us with a little over a week until Halloween! As the leaves change and the air cools land snails...

Five new species added to East Coast Shell Identification Guides 9/28/2022

By: Chandler Olson This week I photographed 5 species from the University of Alabama Natural History Museum Invertebrate Collection to...

Guides Updated to Include Voucher Information

By: Chandler Olson The East Coast Identification Guides have been updated to include voucher information for figured specimens. Including...

Scaphopoda added to East Coast Identification Guides

Scaphopoda is a class of marine mollusk that can be found in ocean around the world. They have tube-like shells with an opening on each...

New Video Released: Parts of a Bivalve Shell

I just released a new video on the Seahorse and Co YouTube Channel! This video explains the basic parts of a bivalve shell. Learning the...

Parts of a shell: Gastropods (Snails)

Just published a new video on the Seahorse and Co YouTube Channel! It's a quick break down of the parts of a basic gastropod shell. I...

Newly identified parasite threatens extinction of Pinna Nobilis

A few months ago I published a video titled "Sea Silk: The Golden Fleece?!" on the Seahorse and Co YouTube Channel. It was about the...