High-tech insect origami
By Dr Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, Research Fellow Earwigs are fascinating creatures. Belonging to the order Dermaptera, these insects can be easily recognised by their rear pincers, which are used […]
Category Archives: Earth Collections
When life got hard
By Dr Duncan Murdock, Research Fellow Whether you’re a great white shark with a deadly conveyor belt of teeth, a deep sea snail with a coat of armour or a […]
Through the looking glass
With our Life, As We Know It redisplay project now underway, our Senior Archives and Library Assistant Danielle Czerkaszyn takes a behind-the-scenes look at how we captured the contents of […]
Uncovering ancient threads
By Dr. Frankie Dunn, Research Fellow Some of the very oldest complex, macroscopic communities on Earth appear in the fossil record about 570 million years ago and record the presence […]
Diving into deep time
Our current First Animals exhibition is extending its run until 1 September, and to mark the extension our Research Fellow Imran Rahman takes a look at how animal life in […]
That’s Amore
By Laura Ashby and Megan MacLean, events managers From cockroaches hissing alluringly to their mate, to smooth newts wafting intoxicating pheromones, and butterflies with eyes in their genitalia, the amorous […]
An ever-evolving museum
As we embark on our Life, As We Know It redisplay project – the first substantial changes to the permanent exhibits in more than 20 years – our Senior Archives […]
On the trail of the Piltdown hoax
The latest display in our single-case Presenting… series takes a look at the famous Piltdown Man hoax, and Life Collections manager Mark Carnall tells us how the display came about… […]
First Impressions: exploring early life through printmaking
by Rachel Parle, public enagement manager In each of our special exhibitions, we complement contemporary scientific research with contemporary art. In recent years this has included Elin Thomas’s crocheted petri […]
A grasp of the past
by Ricardo Perez-De-La Fuente, research fellow Few creatures look weirder – or are cooler, in my opinion – than mantidflies. There are around 400 species of these small predatory insects […]
