<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Derek,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope all is well with you in the new year. Not sure if you are still searching for controversies in natural history, but I came across this paper on ornithology frauds:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288701885_What_the_eye_doesn't_see_The_prevalence_of_fraud_in_ornithology" class="">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288701885_What_the_eye_doesn't_see_The_prevalence_of_fraud_in_ornithology</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best, mw<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 19, 2020, at 4:42 PM, Volden, Nicole, DCA <<a href="mailto:Nicole.Volden@state.nm.us" class="">Nicole.Volden@state.nm.us</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">In general, the topic of Burmese amber and whether it is ethical for museums and researchers to buy and publish on these, sometimes spectacular, specimens:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/fossils-burmese-amber-offer-exquisite-view-dinosaur-times-and-ethical-minefield" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/fossils-burmese-amber-offer-exquisite-view-dinosaur-times-and-ethical-minefield</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Nicole Volden<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Geoscience Collections Manager<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">1801 Mountain Road NW<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Albuquerque, NM 87104<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">505-841-2843<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="mailto:nicole.volden@state.nm.us" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">nicole.volden@state.nm.us</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class="">Message: 1<br class="">Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:45:18 -0800<br class="">From: Derek Sikes <<a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">dssikes@alaska.edu</a>><br class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ECN-L@listserv.unl.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ECN-L@listserv.unl.edu</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br class="">Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Natural history museum controversies?<br class="">Message-ID:<br class=""><<a href="mailto:CAFV61VFVxzo2E-O0LGYP3sqQmgH+CubQT+WEOk7s-eom3cHcKg@mail.gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">CAFV61VFVxzo2E-O0LGYP3sqQmgH+CubQT+WEOk7s-eom3cHcKg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br class=""><br class="">Do any of you know of any *published* natural history / science<br class="">controversies in museums that are quite famous? These could range from<br class="">taking on specimens or collections that are controversial, to research<br class="">conducted by museums staff/curators that was deemed controversial, etc.<br class=""><br class="">Ideally, I'd like a publication or documentary / video that has the<br class="">details. No need to reply with unpublished accounts! & These should involve<br class="">museum specimens (so no need to reply with stories of misbehaviors of<br class="">museum personnel if specimens were not involved).<br class=""><br class="">Thanks!<br class="">Derek<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br class="">Derek S. Sikes, Curator of Insects<br class="">Professor of Entomology<br class="">University of Alaska Museum<br class="">University of Alaska Fairbanks<br class="">1962 Yukon Drive<br class="">Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" class="">dssikes@alaska.edu</a><br class=""><br class="">phone: 907-474-6278<br class="">FAX: 907-474-5469<br class="">he/him/his<br class="">University of Alaska Museum - search 400,276 digitized arthropod records<br class=""><a href="http://arctos.database.museum/uam_ento_all" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://arctos.database.museum/uam_ento_all</a><br class=""><<a href="http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/ento" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/ento/</a>><br class="">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br class=""><br class="">Interested in Alaskan Entomology? 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