Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

Recent papers from Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

1. Methods for tagging whale sharks: insights into performance and best practices with a focus on clamp attachmentsAnimal Biotelemetry · 2026
2. Bee (Hymenoptera) bycatch assemblages collected in bowl traps at interfaces of cotton agroecosystems in Alabama.2026
3. Both lipopolysaccharide and vehicle treatments upregulate complement-dependent and complement-independent innate immune responses in Diamond-backed Watersnakes (Squamata: Nerodia)SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología · 2026
4. Revision of the Genus Ranacris You & Lin, 1983 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae), with Proposal of a New SynonymInsects · 2026
5. Mammals of the early Arikareean (“middle” Oligocene) Jones Branch Local Fauna, southeastern Mississippi, USA, with notes on two older taxa from the state and the timing of Midcontinent–Gulf Coastal Plain biotic disparityJournal of Paleontology · 2026
6. Predicting secretive species distribution using Bayesian networks with and without expert collaboration: A case study incorporating double‐blind peer reviewEcological Solutions and Evidence · 2025
7. Systematics, biodiversity, and paleoecology of an early Danian decapod crustacean assemblage from Alabama, United StatesGeodiversitas · 2025
8. Conservation genetics of two imperiled map turtle species: The Pascagoula map turtle and Pearl River map turtleJournal of Wildlife Management · 2025
9. New State Records for Carabidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga), Inclusive of Cicindelidae, in Delaware, U.S.A.Entomological News · 2025
10. Late Oligocene fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) from the Catahoula Formation in Wayne County, Mississippi, USAEuropean Journal of Taxonomy · 2025
11. Identification key for cotton-feeding aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) found in pan traps in the SoutheastFlorida Entomologist · 2025
12. Heating decoys to mimic thermal signatures of live animals for dronesMethodsX · 2024
13. Surveys that prioritize site number over time per site will result in better gastropod status assessments: a case study on the rediscovery of Big Black RocksnailBiodiversity and Conservation · 2024
14. First Documentation of a Larval Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in a Bear Creek Tributary, MississippiSoutheastern Naturalist · 2024
15. Unlocking the genomes of formalin-fixed freshwater fish specimens: An assessment of factors influencing DNA extraction quantity and qualityNorth American Journal of Fisheries Management · 2023
16. Molecular data validate historical and contemporary distributions of Pleurobema riddellii (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and help guide conservation and recovery effortsEndangered Species Research · 2023
17. Insect Interactions of Spiranthes Magnicamporum (Orchidacea) in the Black Belt Prairie of MississippiSoutheastern Naturalist · 2023
18. Reevaluation of the Subgeneric Classification of the North American Species of Prionus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Prionini), with a Revision of the Subgenus Neopolyarthron Semenov and Notes on Prionus (Antennalia) Fissicornis Haldeman and Prionus (Prionus) Californicus MotschulskTransactions of the American Entomological Society · 2022
19. Distribution and Status of Freshwater Mussels in the Bear Creek Watershed, MississippiFreshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation · 2022
20. Large-bodied ornithomimosaurs inhabited Appalachia during the Late Cretaceous of North AmericaPLoS ONE · 2022