Nor is it easy to study specimens because they tend not to survive capture by netting.

The margrave's extensive gardens, with rare plants from all over the world, provided Ehret with the opportunity to study numerous specimens at close hand.

Blade suspected it held some sort of lens or other sensing device, to study any doubtful specimens and pass on the word to the machine's computers.

Morris also started to make field trips into the country around Broken Hill, studying and collecting specimens of the local flora.

The scientists studied live specimens of the butterflies and discovered that they have tiny ears that move with the wings.

For over ten years, from 1778 to 1788, they explored the territories of present Peru and Chile studying and collecting specimens.

While not completely answering that question, a team of Spanish scientists has provided some clues by studying fossil specimens of 350,000-year-old human ancestors.

She studied pinhead-size specimens of finishes from 70 pieces of furniture and 300 architectural surfaces in five communities.

Such beams are also used to study specimens inside of recipients, e.g. samples inside pressure cells.

In studying specimens of Menlo's blood, we found no acid content.