The MCZ/Harvard University was one of around 10 scanning centers located across the U.S. (out of more than 20 collaborating institutions) for the six-year collaborative project to create 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens and make them freely available online.
Over the course of the entire project, we prepared more than 900 media files derived from more than 800 scans. Most of the specimens (amphibians, reptiles, fishes, mammals and birds) came from MCZ's collections, but nearly 200 specimens came from other institutions.
Learn more about the project in the Florida Museum feature, Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free and the summary of the project in the journal BioScience, Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging.