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 […]
Category Archives: Earth Collections
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 […]
What colour were the dinosaurs?
This article is taken from European research magazine Horizon as part of our partnership to share natural environment science stories with readers of More than a Dodo. What colour were the […]
