When biology is art. TS section of mouse. Student slide from 1990 histology class. @uniofreading.bsky.social
Amanda Callaghan
@acallazoo.bsky.social
Invertebrate zoology prof. Curator of Cole Museum of Zoology, Uni of Reading. Posts NH museums, Cole stuff, natural world, my garden and my research. www.reading.ac.uk/ecology/staff/amanda-callaghan https://collections.reading.ac.uk/cole-museum/
Visited Romsey Abbey in Hampshire yesterday. This stunning stained glass window designed by Sophie Hacker was installed to mark the bicentenary of Florence Nightingale's birth.
Beautiful clear blue skies over our house yesterday with no sign of plane contrails. A sign of the times?
Hive mind - is this a cackling goose? It is with a Canada goose at Titchfield, Hampshire
Our @colezoology.bsky.social display on animal symmetry for the visually impaired was finished by conservator Fred. Thanks to the friends of the @uniofreading.bsky.social for funding. Come and have a feel! #animalsymmetry #brailledisplay
It’s that time of the year. First year zoology practical with some great specimens from @colezoology.bsky.social @wetconservatrix.bsky.social
Near the end of our undergraduate biodiversity fieldcourse in Devon. Lots of species and much fun had #universityofreading
Charles Lyell was a famous geologist who had a strong influence on Darwin. He was interested in taphonomy and studied dried samples of mud with bird tracks and rain drops. We are lucky to have some of these featured (Figure 20) in his famous Principles of Geology! @colezoology.bsky.social
What if we measured progress not just by income or life expectancy - but by how well we live with the rest of nature? A major new paper proposes the 'Nature Relationship Index (NRI)' - a bold rethink of development metrics. Here’s why it matters.👇 #NatureRelationshipIndex #GlobalThreads
@colezoology.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!! Looking forward to seeing cool specimens. In the meantime here we are with Norman the elephant.
Happy Summer Solstice 2025 to all my pagan friends. Summer is officially here.
Fossicking along the Fleet always results in small treasures!! Move over Lyme Regis.
Found a stunning Harlequin ladybird larva on my garden but it wasn’t interested in eating my greenfly. @hatbirder.bsky.social
We have been waiting for this to happen. Hopefully an isolated incident. West Nile virus killed many elderly people in the US. #arboviruses #mosquitoesinBritain
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · last yr.West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time
Our most common urban mosquito, Culex pipiens, is carrying Usutu virus in Southern England, killing blackbirds. These mosquitoes breed in standing water, so you could be growing them in your garden. #climatechange #mosquitobornevirus #gardenbirds
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · last yr.Mosquito-borne killer disease threatens blackbirds
Ammonites, belemnites, beautiful crinoids and a tooth of some kind (?) from Oxford Clay #JurassicCoast #Tidmoorpoint #fossilhunting
Why just draw a frog when you can build one? #historyoflifeonearth #practicalclass #zoologyuniofreading
These large oil beetles from Andalusia, Spain, are beautiful! Cool enough that they are a bit dozy. #springtimeinSpain #beetles @hatbirder.bsky.social
Interested in working with a zoology collection? Could you be our next lecturer in invertebrate zoology? www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP841/l... #lectureshipzoology #universityofreading
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40 million year old molluscs are easy pickings from the Barton clays at Barton on Sea, Hampshire. #fossils #fossilmolluscs
More palaeo models have arrived for teaching and Cole Museum of Zoology display! Thanks to Bruce Currie. Eurypterid, Brachiopod, Rangeomorph paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching #UniofReading #Historyoflifeonearth
