Totally agree with you @jackdashby.bsky.social !

Jack Ashby@jackdashby.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm late to the party, but @andreawulf.bsky.social's masterpiece is utterly brilliant. I knew almost nothing about Humboldt, but his impact on how we see nature in the West - both ecologically and emotionally - was nothing short of immense. But more than that, the story is brilliantly told. Read it!

Jacek Wajer, a botanist and senior curator at NHM London, is in charge of the Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project, which makes him an ideal collaborator. Jacek looks after our two herbaria at the Linnean Society: that of Carl Linnaeus and of James Edward Smith. #VolunteersWeek

A festival is being held to celebrate 300 years since the birth of overlooked Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant, who is said to have inspired Charles Darwin

Festival to celebrate 300th anniversary of overlooked Welsh naturalist who inspired Charles Darwin

Nation Cymru staff A festival is being held to celebrate 300 years since the birth of overlooked Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant, who is said to have inspired Charles Darwin. Organised by the Cymdeith...

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Loving that every year my front wall plays host to a multitude of #ladybug transformations #insects #metamorphosis #ladybirds

The art of arranging marine algae into designs, bouquets, and even sometimes intricate little scenes, was surprisingly popular in the 19th century. See an album of such pictures by a woman named Eliza A. Jordson here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/album-of-seaweed-pictures-1848

A very happy 100th birthday to the absolutely charming and inspirational Sir David Attenborough. I have truly treasured each time I have had the privilege of meeting and talking with you about @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social 's collections & the natural world - an amazing age, an amazing human 💗

Oh Basilius Besler and your 17 kg volume of botanical beautifulness! It might have been a ‘difficult and extremely laborious botanical work’ for you to complete but the 367 engraved plates of plants growing in the then gardens at Eichstätt is a 1613 masterpiece. #NHMLibrary #Rarebooks #BIGBooks

Since 1888, the Linnean Medal has honoured those advancing our understanding of nature. This year, we celebrate 10 individuals—pioneering researchers, communicators & campaigners—whose work spans discovery, conservation and public engagement, united by a commitment to safeguarding the natural world.

3D printed zoetrope by Kevin Holmes makes frogs appear to leap endlessly on lily pads using optical illusion

Ohhhh tomorrow you can listen to Lee Davies and myself talking flies and fungi with Sue Perkins & Sara Pascoe Nature Table - Tuesday April 14th - 6.30pm on BBC Radio 4 🪰🍄 Much fun was had recording this 😎 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The #original drawings for Archibald Thorburn’s classic British Mammals are preserved in @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social collections and have been #digitised and available here nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44... #bats #mammals #zoologicalart #specialcollections

Biodiversity Pics@biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🐬 British mammals /. London, ;Longmans, Green, 1920-21.. [Source]

#Cadbury Mini #eggs (created in 1967) or Henrik Grönvold’s watercolours of the eggs of British Birds (1924)? See more of Grönvold’s drawings on @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social ‘s Digitised Collections nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44... (mini eggs now all consumed) #Easter #Art #chocolate

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Biodiversity Pics@biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌍 A monograph of the tsetse-flies based on the collection in the British museum London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1903. [Source]

Art UK recently visited Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums, where we were lucky enough to go behind the scenes at the museum’s Treasure Hub 🌟 Watch the full film 👉 https://youtu.be/G0zRmF2eRnA Artworks by Caroline Walker (b.1982) © Caroline Walker.

Join our team as an Engagement Officer, helping to deliver our vibrant programme of events, education and outreach! Application deadline is 19 April, or get in touch with us at hr@linnean.org if you wish to discuss the role. buff.ly/pzep2It

The author being John Gould and the illustration drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear (1812-1888) - five years after he published his work on parrots en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustr...

Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots - Wikipedia

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Biodiversity Pics@biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🦅 The birds of Europe.. London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author, 1837.. [Source]

Seaweed collecting and pressing and then today I got to make some cyanotypes to gain an appreciation of Anna Atkins’ process for her Cyanotypes of British Algae [1843-53]. A big thank you to @tomberryart for his expertise and creativity and for making it a most fun day! #cyanotype #printing #blue

Pigeons, pigeons and more pigeons! In 1887, the Museum purchased five volumes of watercolour drawings of many different breeds of domestic pigeons by Japanese artists. Fancy pigeons were revered as the sacred messengers of the Shinto god of war and archery, Hachiman. Which one is your favourite?

A recording from our FNL Briefing on AIL & the Cultural Gifts Scheme is available now! 1.5hrs long & packed with info. and advice. Main speakers: Anastasia Tennant, Joan Winterkorn and @camlibresearch.bsky.social. Thanks to @rluk.ac.uk for making it possible. www.fnl.org.uk/resources/fn...

Finally have my own copy of this beauty of a book by a beauty of a gentleman! The wonderful Henry Noltie whose knowledge, love and expertise of the Indian flora and the history of its botanical illustration remains unsurpassed #botanicalart #historyofbotany #India #Flora

Loving the new Perfect Specimen podcast with @joshlukedavis.com and Dr Natalie Cooper youtu.be/O_DN-VowPic & was very happy to deliver a 1st edition of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814). The NHM copy is here nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44... (the 2nd ed (1821) too) #rarebooks

Josh quizzes us on the colours of nature | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep21

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I don’t know what it is but Worthington George Smith’s original drawings of fungi held in @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social ‘s collection just make me very happy #fungi #botanicalart #sheet1068 #Agaricus

🦣 The Mastodon giganteus of North America /. Boston: J. Wilson, 1852.. [Source]

Not just one night, but every night at the Museum 😍 #Hope #Architecture #Terracotta #NaturalHistoryMuseum

🎉 Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHL’s website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL 🌍 📚 🧪

Make no bones about it, we love sharing our collections! For a sneaky peek at the recently digitised 'Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, extinct monsters of the ancient earth' by Thomas Hawkins, follow the link to Digitised Special Collections in our bio ⬆️ #DigitisedCollections #FossilFriday

A rather lovely #endpaper to end the week in Ausführliche Nachricht von neuentdeckten Zoolithen unbekannter vierfüssiger Tiere (1774). Esper was the first to identify and describe the remains of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) and early hominids from remains found in the Zoolithenhöhle, Germany #NHM

Cake topper ☑️ LED “candles” so not to burn down an historic building ☑️ Cake ❌ as delivery never came! Gah. Was a special evening @linneansociety.bsky.social celebrating the Darwin archive’s inscription to the UNESCO Memory of the World register nonetheless. Happy 217th Birthday #CharlesDarwin 🥳

Two mice, Joris Hoefnagel, 1594 Hoefnagel made this drawing especially for his friend Johannes Muisenhol from Frankfurt. The image refers to his surname. The extinguished candle & eaten walnut represent the transience of life.

What happens when humans are classified? On 19 March, 6pm to 8pm, we’re launching Homo Sapiens | Classifying the Human Animal at the Society, with a panel discussion exploring Carl Linnaeus’ classification of humans and its enduring impact on ideas of race and difference. Book now: buff.ly/frgzC9H