Wildlife Forensics Lab

Forensic mammalogists Bonnie Yates and Cookie Sims measure a bear paw. The laboratory typically examines fur, hides, feathers, claws, and teeth, both visually and microscopically, to determine what species a body part came from.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory

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Forensic mammalogists Bonnie Yates and Cookie Sims measure a bear paw. The laboratory typically examines fur, hides, feathers, claws, and teeth, both visually and microscopically, to determine what species a body part came from. Evidence also arrives in difficult-to-identify forms like a carved statuette, a belt, or a small vial of medicinal powder.

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