Library & Archives Open Day (free) 19 September 2025 When: 10.00 - 16.00 Where: Lasting Impressions Gallery (red zone) Our team have developed four themed displays: 🐋 Whales, science and conservation 🌱 Ordering and naming nature ✏️ Writing from the field ❄️ Polar expeditions #NaturalHistoryMuseum

Eileen Cox NHM on symmetry and structure in taxonomy for naviculoid diatoms – microscopic plant plankton of huge importance in marine and freshwater systems. Systematic relationships are revealed through wall structure and should be the basis for diatom systematics. doi.org/10.5091/plec...

Apply now! Sillitoe Distinguished Research Leader in economic geology, Natural History Museum - working with the Resourcing the Green Economy Research Theme. Deadline 17 October 2025 jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

NHM London is looking for a Director of Research as part of our leadership team. Guide a world-class research community, set a strong vision for collections-based research, and ensure research excellence across NHM activities. plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetai...

‘It blew us away’: how an asteroid may have delivered the vital ingredients for life on Earth - looking forward to the new NHM Space exhibition www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

106 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️ Mimetite: - A lead arsenate chloride mineral - Forms in arsenic-bearing lead deposits - Part of a mineral series with pyromorphite and vanadinite - Its name comes from the Greek word "μϊμητής/mimetes" (imitator) since it looks like pyromorphite #minerals

#GlobalSeaweed-Protect researches biodiversity, aquaculture & sustainable livelihoods with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines: led by Juliet Brodie #NHMLondon plus @samsocean.bsky.social - @ukri.org funded oceanographicmagazine.com/news/natural... www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...

Naturally curious? The team at @nhm-london.bsky.social developed our new on-demand, online learning platform naturallycurious.nhm.ac.uk And we've been shortlisted for a Webby! Please do sign up and vote for us! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Whaling and natural history collections - @sophianicolov.bsky.social explores skeletal evidence and tales of whales in her historical research in this #NHMScience blog, part of Natural History Museum's development of a Culture and Collections Theme www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

We're not just 🐋 and 🦕 at the Natural History Museum. Looking forward to this Generation Hope event @ NHM on reproductive health & colonial history with an environmental lens. 3rd May. Speakers: me, Akosua Paries-Osei, Annabel Sowemimo, & Mitzi Jonelle Tan. www.nhm.ac.uk/events/from-... #HistMed

FREE COURSE: Field workshop on the taxonomy and natural history of freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course 27 Aug - 11 Sept. Applications close 31 May. www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

FREE COURSE: Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality. Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course running 19-23 May. Applications close 24 April! www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

103 of #365Minerals Bastnäsite: - A group of three carbonate-fluoride mineral species which contain cerium, lanthanum or yttrium - Forms in alkali granite and syenite - Named after the type locality Bastnäs Mines in Västmanland, Sweden #minerals

A new Denisovan fossil has been found! Remains of this ancient human species are rare, and generally found as bone fragments or individual teeth. Now, a jawbone dredged from under the sea is revealing more about their lives. Find out what it shows 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

We were honoured yesterday to be a part of return of ancestral remains to Wathithi, Warrgama and Woppaburra representatives, who will take these Old People back to Country, also escorting ancestors from the Yadhaigana people and other communities in Queensland www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...

From phantom pregnancies to using frogs as pregnancy tests, medieval historian Dr. Isabel Davis joined BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to discuss elements of her new book, "Conceiving Histories": www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

Conceiving Histories - our NHM colleague @drbeldavis.bsky.social discusses the ambiguities of pregancy over time on Woman's Hour BBCRadio4 from 44:46 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#FossilFriday A beautiful 'seed fern' from the opening spread of the plant chapter in 'Fossils. The Essential Guide'.

If you missed my public lecture on stegosaurs last night at the @geolsoc.bsky.social, you can watch it here: youtube.com/live/MqSROKj...

We're hiring! Are you our new Digital Systems Librarian? #NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumJobs #LibraryJobs #ArchiveJobs buff.ly/lAVSLg9

Become a member of our Library and Archives and use our Reading Room. Gain access to: ✔️A wide range of online resources. ✔️A world leading collection of printed books, journals, unique manuscripts, artwork and archives. ✔️ L&A membership is free. Learn more buff.ly/412DnR7. #NaturalHistoryMuseum

I'm speaking on my @nhm-london.bsky.social community science #earthworm research in a free webinar with @biologicalrecording.co.uk on 24 March, sign up here: 🪱 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/earthworm-...

Rapid advances in scanning technology and data analysis open up new understanding of evolution and form - Morphological evolution in a time of phenomics, from @evoswami.bsky.social & Julien Clavel 👉paper doi.org/10.1017/pab....

Seabirds in crisis: plastic ingestion produces dementia-like symptoms and signals of multiorgan failure: from @alixdejersey.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social @adriftlab.bsky.social 👉news www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new... 👉paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We're saddened by the death of our colleague Richard Fortey last week - an inspirational palaeontologist, expert on trilobites, famous fungal enthusiast, and a much-valued part of #NHMLondon life. A Guardian obituary... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Life with the Neanderthals - a great interview with Chris Stringer #NHMLondon in Current Biology, starting from first encounters at the age of nine.... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Concerns on coral reefs and climate change loom large, but do turbid waters mean that giant clams are better adapted to environmental stress? #NHMLondon Nadia Santodomingo & Ken Johnson + colleagues from Universiti Malaysia Sabah @cardiffuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social t.co/ppS2Gr4aGt

Dead wood is a significant part of the Carbon Cycle, but what are the factors involved in carbon storage and release - microbes, animals, water and temperature? Paul Eggleton NHM and colleagues investigate and consider implications for models doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Cambrian predation: Kuamaia lata has spiny frontal appendages instead of trilobites' sensory antennae Greg Edgecombe #NHMLondon, Robert J O'Flynn, Yu Liu & al MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology & Palaeoenvironment, Yunnan University doi.org/10.1017/jpa....

Bodies in the Thames - radiocarbon dating of human remains shows high proportion from Bronze Age and Iron Age, raising questions about funerary practices - research from @nic-arthur.bsky.social @drheatherbonney.bsky.social #NHMScience and Jane Sidell Historic England doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

The London Underground Mosquito lives underground, feeds on mammal blood & breeds in confined spaces - has it evolved in 200 years, or does it have a longer history? Research on genomes @yukihaba.bsky.social &al @flygirlnhm.bsky.social suggests older Middle East origins doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Excellent open display of the intriguing and eccentric from @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social in the #NHMLondon Earth Sciences Library today

New @adriftlab.bsky.social paper! In 2024 we visited Ducie Atoll in the Pitcairn Islands. What birds did we see? Who was NOT there? What was that sticky coating on some birds? Read our paper in Notornis @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social www.birdsnz.org.nz/publications... #seabirds #ornithology 🪶🧪

Spider Monkey. In the early years of the @nhm-london.bsky.social, it was policy to only allow visitor photography on the condition that a copy was then given to the museum. Miss Katherine M. Reynolds (1860-1932) took this photo during a visit in 1892. #WhoseTailIsItAnyway #MuseumArchives

Researchers from the Crick, @uclofficial.bsky.social and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social used a new way of analysing ancient DNA to better understand European migrations in 1-1,000 AD Findings were led by Leo Speidel with senior author @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-rep...

Male southern elephant seals are 5.3 times heavier than females but female helmeted water toads are 21 times heavier than males. What is the reason for sexual size dimorphism in evolutionary terms? #NHMScience @nhcooper123.bsky.social & al investigate www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#NHMLondon is recruiting a Head of Conservation - leading the team that prepares, repairs and cares for the collection in research and exhibitions, maintains and monitors collection environments and guides best practice in conservation across the Museum. jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social Natural History Museum, UK Natural history collections in the 21st century: Challenges and opportunities Submit your abstract: bou.org.uk/event/a-d...#BOUasm25 #ornithology 🪶

‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’ - a special issue of Phil Trans R Soc B in honour of a very special biodiversity scientist - is published today by @royalsociety.org. royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

DiSSCo UK - glittering job opportunity! #NHMScience @nhm-london.bsky.social recruiting a Technical Project Lead for this major programme delivering digital collections across the UK to support science, innovation and collaboration. jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Big eyes and acrobatic leaps! the unlikely talents of Conch gastropods show the way to avoid predators research from Alison Irwin, Suzanne Williams #NHMScience &al., article from James Ashworth www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Tracks in the Cambrian sand from 500 million years ago - what fossil traces tell us about the diversity of form and movement, evolution and the explosion in the diversity of life Zekun Wang @imranrahman.bsky.social Li-Jun Zhang doi.org/10.1017/pab....

African Bat Database - what, where and when - evolving knowedge on complex diversity and distribution - NHM Cecila Montauban among the authors Paper doi.org/10.1038/s415... Database on github github.com/kanead/Bat_d...

1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️ Quetzalcoatlite: - Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour - Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals - This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)

Red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura) Original watercolour by Henry Richter (1772-1857) from a collection of drawings by him and John Gould (1804-1881) of Australian mammals. See the collection via our #DigitisedCollections bit.ly/3PpQdSW #WhoseTailIsItAnyway

Mapping Mars - how the @esa.int ExoMars team are mapping the terrain where the Rosalind Franklin rover will be landing www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Talking Science - Deadline today for applications for Famelab 2025 - 3 minutes to talk without notes or powerpoint, and with only props that you can carry on stage yourself.... www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/our-projects...

Bending the curve of biodiversity loss requires a ‘satnav’ for nature - @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social makes the argument for effective modelling of policy choices, combined with rapid and effective monitoring for course correction royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Christmas cheer? Afraid not - it’s the war cry of the robin - Hein van Grouw #NHMBirds explains youtube.com/shorts/Artnk...

A gallery of photos of scientist colleagues @nhm-london.bsky.social - great pictures by Christopher Jonas www.cwjpix.org/nhm-our-brok...