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he Museum of Natural Science is responsible for studying, preserving, and enhancing Mississippi's living natural resources. A professional staff of almost three dozen people includes ten research biologists who are chiefly concerned with protecting our state's rare and endangered species. The staff also administers federal research and education grants and maintains the Mississippi Natural Heritage Database, a computerized information bank containing some 5,000 individual files.
  
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