Idris Adams presents research into the dietary ecology and prey capture abilities of solitary aculeate wasps at the Research in Focus talk on 26 November.

Is a bigger brain better? Maddie Moate explores this question with Dr @laurabporro.bsky.social from the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy (@ucl-c4ia.bsky.social) in this Halloween special, including a feature on brain specimens from our collections.

🎧 Ep 255 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds: 🤩 @1642author.bsky.social talks about passion for 17th century history, Prince Rupert & Quick Six 🐾 Story of echidna at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social 📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com

Join us for today’s lunchtime @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social Research in Focus talk with @knapprew.bsky.social from @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social discussing how museum specimens can be used to study brain evolution.

Thank you to all who came to our World Anatomy Day Event at the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. We received 381 visitors (341 adults and 40 children); for comparison, a typical Saturday at the Grant Museum has about 230 visitors. Everyone seems to have discovered that #Anatomy is indeed Amazing!

Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

We will open at the later time of 3pm on 15 October due to a private event. We apologise for any inconvenience.​ www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Andrew Knapp shares his research on the coevolution between brain and skull shape in birds and mammals. Join us at the Research in Focus talk on 22 October.

#WelcomeToUCL! We are one of the oldest natural history collections and home to 100,000 specimens from every continent, every ocean, and every animal group. Find out more and plan your visit here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology

Take part in activities celebrating World Anatomy Day! Join us on 18 October and find out how our museum is used for cutting-edge approaches to study ecology, evolution and skeletal anatomy.

We are currently closed for essential refurbishment works and will now reopen as normal on Tuesday 7 October at 1pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology

Did you know that wasps purr, or that they wag their bodies and tap their antennae to communicate? Find out more about these fascinating animals at our exhibition. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps

Why is @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social closed for two weeks? We are refitting some cases, so right now, it looks like this. Trust me, it's more organised than it appears! I'm enjoying sharing a desk with my lion skeleton coworker

Peter Ayres, the artist behind Shell & Comb, talks about his creative process and seeing things from a wasp’s perspective. Read more about how he crafted the World of Wasps exhibition nest sculptures. #GMZWasps

We were delighted to work with Animating Education and young filmmakers from Camden Summer University last month showcasing the Museum. Watch their video about us here.

We are excited be featured as one of ten accessible event highlights of Heritage Open Days due to our step-free access and VocalEyes audio described tour. Come along to our museum late on 12 September. #HODs

Explore our Zoology collection after hours! Join us on a half-billion-year journey through the story of life on Earth at our upcoming museum late on 12 September as part of #HeritageOpenDays. https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/zoology-after-hours.html

We will be closing early for a private event at 3pm on 4 September. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

An exhibition @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social swats away some of our negative perceptions of wasps. Will Wiles considers the success of its attempt to ‘reposition the beer-garden menace as an evolutionary marvel’.

Get to know the team behind World of Wasps in this interview about creating our latest virtual reality exhibition. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Wasp scientists are calling for your help in a very simple survey: the next time a wasp visits your picnic, if you mark down whether it goes for protein or sugar, you can help Prof Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social and her @uclcber.bsky.social colleagues better understand the wasp life cycle

Our recently opened World of Wasps exhibition hopes to reveal the unseen lives of wasps. Speaking to @cnn.com, Professor Seirian Sumner (@waspwoman.bsky.social) gave her top five reasons why we should all love wasps as much as she does.

Nice article by @willwiles.bsky.social in @apollo-magazine.com on the #WorldOfWasps! Be sure to visit @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social! apollo-magazine.com/wasps-nests-...

Explore our exhibition at night, listen to talks from @ucl.ac.uk wasp experts, and take part in relaxed paper-making activities led by artist Peter Ayres. Book now for 7 October or 4 November. www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticket... #GMZWasps

Have had a very exciting and unexpected start to this week, travelling to Salford for an interview with BBC Breakfast talking all things #wasps! Many thanks to @waspwoman.bsky.social for trusting me with this opportunity, and the fantastic #WorldOfWasps at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social for the props!

The scan I did of a paper wasp nest earlier this year is now a VR exhibit at the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social - check it out next time you're in London!! 🐝

Explore the museum with the Bloomberg Connects app! Learn more about some of the favourite specimens with highlights and audio described tours. links.bloombergconnects.org/6Ggw/s3dia4gm

In all the excitement of taking part in @The__Herds in London last weekend, I forgot to update that I finished my @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social pangolin zine 💚🐾🌎

Due to unforeseen circumstances we will be closed today but will reopen as normal on Thursday 3 July at 1pm. ​ We apologise for any inconvenience. ​

Fun start to the day, filming @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social for #WorldOfWasps with @cnn.com who are featuring the exhibition in #CallToEarth #PerpetualPlanet campaign. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... edition.cnn.com/interactive/... @uclnews.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @tannisdavidson.bsky.social

Head of Zoology and Science Collections @tannisdavidson.bsky.social talks to BBC Radio London about our new exhibition, 'World of Wasps' and how wasps play a crucial role in our ecosystem. Tune in from 1:17:00.

Meet pango, my pangolin inspired by a workshop @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social relaxing before visiting @coramsfields where I made a white-tailed eagle puppet at a workshop lead by the puppeteers from @The__Herds to take part in a mass flight for climate change 💚🌎🐾

Be the envy of your family and friends this summer! Come along to visit and get yourself one of our new Jar of Moles tote bags designed by the incredibly talented Mirri Rowland. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Huge thanks to @tannisdavidson.bsky.social and team for making the impossible dream come true: THE WORLD'S FIRST ART-SCIENCE WASP EXHIBITION! www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... ...from wasp researchers behind #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social... @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social

Digital artist John Zhang & Team from #DataScapeRealities www.datascaperealities.com/project created mind-blowing #VirtualReality experiences for #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social Crawl inside a wasp nest! Fly a wasp thru rewilded museum! www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... @uclnews.bsky.social

Paper artist Peter Ayres created the most beautiful wasp nest sculptures for the new #WorldOfWasps exhibition @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social FREE! www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... His journey: www.peterayres.com/wasps?mc_cid... with @tannisdavidson.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social

World of Wasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social is open! Over a year in the making by this incredible team, the exhibition features displays, virtual reality, projections and paper sculptures drawing upon @uclcber.bsky.social research @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social

What is the importance of wasps in the ecosystem? Tune in from 1:22:00 to hear Dr Seirian Sumner (@waspwoman.bsky.social) talk about their role in this BBC Radio 4 Today interview. #GMZWasps

🐝 #WorldofWasps opens today at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social! Prof Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social spoke to BBC London about the value of these much much maligned creatures. Inspired by @ucllifesciences.bsky.social research, the free exhibition runs till Jan 2026 www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Wasps are complex and extraordinary animals but are often misunderstood. Our new exhibition and immersive VR installations invite you to experience this hidden world. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

Our World of Wasps exhibition launches today at 1pm! @waspwoman.bsky.social talks about the social behaviours of wasps within their complex societies. Tune in from 55:30 to find out more:

This week is #InsectWeek! Discover the construction secrets of wasps as master builders, zoom inside a virtual nest, and experience their view in our rewilded interior from 1pm today. #GMZWasps

Wasps are on @bbclondon.bsky.social this evening! @waspwoman.bsky.social and Datascape Realities talk about wasps and the brilliant new exhibition created in collaboration with the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. Go check it out!

Transformed into a comedy venue, we nurtured fledgling @ucl.ac.uk climate comedians as they stepped into the world of sustainable stand-up. Read more about the showcase here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Join an exciting family workshop with artist, lecturer and creative arts facilitator Jaquie Feldman and re-imagine what you may think about wasps, as part of Insect Week 2025. Find out more here:

Our zine-making workshop inspired by THE HERDS raised awareness about three endangered species by combining science and art. Postgraduate clinical neuroscience student Hetvi Bhatt talks about her visit. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

See the life of wasps as master architects, pest controllers and pollinators. Discover the delightfully relatable social goings-on inside our virtual nest at our upcoming exhibition from 25 June. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

It's finally here, the totebag to end all totebags from @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social

Zoom inside a virtual wasp’s nest and experience the hidden, intimate ‘World of Wasps’ – their homes, their lifestyles and their relationships. See our upcoming exhibition based on @ucl.ac.uk research. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

Artist Lucy McGeown will be leading drawing-based workshops at the museum looking at 2D and 3D collections. Join us on 18 June: