Online Exhibit 🌅 Women of the Everglades In the early 1900s, three influential Florida women, inspired by three different causes, laid the foundation for Everglades conservation - May Mann Jennings, Minnie Moore-Willson, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas. 🔗 www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/onl...

For those interested in the tradition of geological Gesamtkunstwerk in natural history museums, check out Stefanie Jovanovic-Kruspel's recent article: shttps://valuepast.hypotheses.org/6678. Not sure I'd actually noticed the pterodactyls on the columns of the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social.

Want to know how it all began for the ZSL journals in 1830? Here is how our scientific meetings turned into publications: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve... Artwork: Elizabeth Gould, 1831, in ‘A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains’; licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by/... #ZSL200

Jan van Kessel the Elder’s “entomological authorgraph” from 1658. The artist’s name is depicted with insects and reptiles. I saw this last year at the exhibition Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. #naturalhistory #insectart #sciart

Landed in #Hamburg & the first order of business is to meet the #dinosaurs. Built by Josef Pallenberg from 1907-1909 for zoo pioneer (and proponent of "human zoos") Carl Hagenbeck, they're an important example of historic #palaeoart sculpture (but the Crystal Palace dinos are 50 years older). 🦖🦕

This is tonight, Hamburgers. 🇩🇪

⏰ Time is running out! Registration for our Summer Meeting @zslofficial.bsky.social closes on ✨Friday 12 June✨ Join us and learn about the early history of TV and radio at the zoo, celebrity animals and the history of women in zoology 📺🦛👩‍🔬 Find out more 👇 shnh.org.uk/news/registr...

Biological Collections hold more than specimens and data — they hold knowledge of Aotearoa’s unique biodiversity, taonga species and whakapapa. Our latest video explores how Collections support biosecurity, research, mātauranga Māori and future generations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7L...

#OTD in 1784 William Yarrell was born. Perhaps best known for his two volume 'A History of British Fishes'' published in 1836, we have original illustrations by Yarrell, believed to have been created in preparation for this work in our archive @thembauk.bsky.social 📷PYA1

For this year's @sochistnathist.bsky.social big summer meeting, we have an amazing line-up of speakers celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Zoological Society of London, its impact on science, society, art and our relationship with nature. COME! It's at the Zoo! shnh.org.uk/news/registr...

⏰ Time is running out! Registration for our Summer Meeting @zslofficial.bsky.social closes on ✨Friday 12 June✨ Join us and learn about the early history of TV and radio at the zoo, celebrity animals and the history of women in zoology 📺🦛👩‍🔬 Find out more 👇 shnh.org.uk/news/registr...

'Archaeologists have used the latest scientific means to date the rock art, discovering that it was in fact created 17,100 years ago – making it the oldest example in Britain as well as north-western Europe.'

We are pleased to announce that #ArchivesOfNaturalHistory will be accepting manuscript submissions via the OJS submissions site. @sochistnathist.bsky.social  @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social  Submit your article here:

Must say that I quite simply love the poster for this

I have a prize lecture about extinction this Thursday evening at the Royal Society. I’ll also receive a medal. Tickets are free and it will also be steamed on YouTube. Booking and watching details here: royalsociety.org/science-even...

The programme for this has so many amazing people.

🚨SHNH x ZSL collab🚨 This year, our summer meeting is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Zoological Society of London, at none other than ZSL London Zoo itself! 🦁🐟🪲 🗓️1-3 July 2026 📍ZSL, London Zoo Read the full programme and book your place! 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/news/registr...

Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough! 🥳 No one has done more to spread awareness and fascination about natural history, and we couldn't be more proud to have him as our patron on his centenary. Congratulations Sir David! 🙌🏼

🚨Summer Meeting ECR Bursary🚨 Want to attend our summer meeting? We have bursaries available to current doctoral researchers and post-doctoral researchers within 2 years of completion! 💵 up to £400 per applicant 📅 deadline: 10 April 2026 Find out how to apply below 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...

We're excited to be hosting Jim Costa and Beth Yale on 15 May, with a talk exploring Darwin's The Descent of Man. They'll explore its cultural context, how conversations with Alfred Russel Wallace shaped Descent in crucial ways, and how Darwin's ideas were received. buff.ly/IVmDU1h

🚨Summer Meeting ECR Bursary🚨 Want to attend our summer meeting? We have bursaries available to current doctoral researchers and post-doctoral researchers within 2 years of completion! 💵 up to £400 per applicant 📅 deadline: 10 April 2026 Find out how to apply below 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...

Registration and abstract submission are open for our annual conference, #Ento26 🦋 Join the entomological community this September, with opportunities to present your work, meet new contacts and build collaborations. ✨ Find out #WhatsOn at #Ento26 🔽

We had a wonderful time yesterday at Exploring Queerness in Natural History. We're writing up it up to share in a future blog post, but for now here are some pictures of our fantastic curators @aquadan1.bsky.social and Connor Butler, the lunchtime zine-making, and our afternoon panellists.

If you missed the @sochistnathist.bsky.social Early Career Symposium last week, videos of 8 of the presentations are now available to watch online: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Check out these up and coming scholars and their exciting new work! #envhist #nathist

Are you in UK and want to hear about my book Ghosts Behind Glass? 3 public talks in Feb: Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 11 Feb www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/talk-... M Shed Bristol, 12 Feb  www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s... Oxford NatHist Museum, 13 Feb www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...

🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨 Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳 📅1-3 July 2026 🗺️Zoological Society of London Find out how to submit 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...

Moss specimens from the 1810s in the herbarium of William Henry Fox Talbot, the photography pioneer, at the British Library, including some supplied by his cousin Jane Talbot (1796–1874) You can read about the family and their moss interests in BJHS: dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000... #bryology #bryophytes

🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨 Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳 📅1-3 July 2026 🗺️Zoological Society of London Find out how to submit 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...

There are still a few weeks left to submit your proposals for our ECR Symposium next year! We'd love papers from across the field which speak to all aspects of the history of natural history by early career researchers! Find out how to submit 👇🏻

🌊 D. Marcus Elieser Bloch's, ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin ... Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands .... Berlin: Auf Kosten des Verfassers und in Commission bei dem Buchhändler Hr. Hesse, 1782-1795.. [Source]

Mollusks from 'Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome' by Giuseppe Saverio Poli. Parmae: Ex regio typographeio, 1791-1827. I saw this at the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives in Washington DC. #sciart #naturalhistory

Well my Discovering the #Okapi talk is already available - my thanks to @animalhistories.bsky.social and @sochistnathist.bsky.social - you can watch my talk here: youtu.be/Hx1Z2XiETA4?...

This is a truly wonderful book! I was fortunate to write a review for Archives of Natural History here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...

Hey you. Wanna apply for a fellowship on collections? the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural & heritage institutions are open! The Natural History Museum priorities are below. If you wanna talk birds, hit me up. Collectors, colonialism, Canada, Australia & more www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

Today is Sextidi the 26th of Fructidor in the year 233. Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness. Today we celebrate bitter orange.#JacobinDay More information on bitter orange

I'm very excited to learn that my book The Unnatural Trade is one of the final seven candidates for the 2025 Society for the History of Natural History Book Prize (The Thackray Medal). My thanks to the @sochistnathist.bsky.social readers! You can see the full list at >> shnh.org.uk/news/announc...

🌿 Freshly released! "A Year with Gilbert White" by Jenny Uglow brings to life the observer of nature whose "Natural History of Selborne" has enchanted readers for centuries. tinyurl.com/5n7axwdy #NewBook #GilbertWhite @faberbooks.bsky.social @sochistnathist.bsky.social @gilbertwhites.bsky.social

📢 Call for Papers! 📢 We're excited to announce that in 2026 we will again be hosting an Early Career Researcher Symposium, and that this time it will be a partnership with @linneansociety.bsky.social!🙌🏻 We'd love to hear from all ECRs, so find how to submit a proposal 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/news/cfp-ear...

As summer comes to a close, we're looking back over a wonderfully successful season! In June, we welcomed folk to Glasgow to celebrate The Sense of Nature. It was a fantastic meeting filled with amazing people 🥰 You can read a report on it by Josephine Koopman here 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/the-sense-of...

On Sept 1, Australia celebrates the 1st day of spring with #NationalWattleDay! This beautiful wattle, Acacia prominens (Golden Rain Wattle), is from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1836) contributed to #BHLib by @mobotgarden.bsky.social biodiversitylibrary.org/page/466265 #FlowersInTheLibrary #ILoveBHL

Agaricus arvensis by Hans Walty - Swiss National Library, GS-WALTY-A-1-82 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CH...

As summer comes to a close, we're looking back over a wonderfully successful season! In June, we welcomed folk to Glasgow to celebrate The Sense of Nature. It was a fantastic meeting filled with amazing people 🥰 You can read a report on it by Josephine Koopman here 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/the-sense-of...

24-Aug: On this day in 1831, Charles Darwin’s great friend and mentor John Stevens Henslow wrote what turned out to be one of the most important letters in the history of science… #HistSci friendsofdarwin.com/articles/hen...

We’re pleased to see BBC History Extra adapt another ‘Environment and History’ article for a wider audience. "Winston and the platypus: how a bizarre WW2 diplomacy mission to influence Churchill ended in death and tragedy": www.historyextra.com/period/secon... #envhist #platypus #churchill #wwii

Botanical art by Pierre-Joseph Redouté for 'Choix des plus belles fleurs prises dans différentes familles du règne végétal et de quelques branches des plus beaux fruits.' Published in Paris from 1827-1832. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections. #rarebook #sciart #naturalhistory

🐸 Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Amphibien in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen Wien: Kaiserl. Koenigl. Hof- und Staatsdr., 1864 [Source]

A majestically colourful cockerel. From a picture book ABC for children, printed in the Swiss city of Bern in 1860. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Ud.9.460.

150 years ago today, the last known Rodrigues parakeet died. It - and one other specimen - is now in @zoologymuseum.bsky.social: the only physical evidence the species ever existed. I wrote about them & the importance of #museums in our knowledge of #extinction: theconversation.com/the-rodrigue...

Five more days to get your entries in! 👇🏼

⏳ Just under a month to go! 🌱 BHL’s Call for Support soft closes 31 Aug. That’s when we begin reviewing offers. Hosting, funding, services – every contribution counts. Help shape BHL’s future: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... #BHLTransition #OpenScience 🧪