📢ARTIST REQUIRED📢Love working with young people & families? We're seeking an artist/facilitator to lead some workshops & create an art installation, film or animation, on the theme of climate change & the Ice Ages! ❄️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct 🙂@camunivmuseums.bsky.social ow.ly/llRt50X05P3

📢Publication alert! PhD student, Iris Berger and Prof Lynn Dick's paper is published today in @natecoevo.nature.com It analyses one of the world’s biggest agroecological transitions, and its exciting implications for biodiversity and economics. Read more: bit.ly/4nht5Wi

🏳️‍🌈Our Pride in Nature tours are back this October! 🏳️‍🌈Book onto one of these FREE tours to discover how queer perspectives help us to better understand the natural world. These tours are run by our expert volunteers. All welcome. ow.ly/AzRw50WY0jp @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social

🐝We’re buzzing that Secrets of Bees has won The Children’s Wainwright Prize for Non-Fiction - the world’s top award for nature & conservation writing! Created with expert input from the Garden this children's book from @nosycrow.bsky.social brings the fascinating world of bees to life. [1/2]

Research into tiny charismatic peacock spiders makes the news! BBC Breakfast this morning featured research by PhD candidate Jonah Walker and @joanameier.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Find out more: bit.ly/3JUL5qF

Leaf or a leaf insect? 😉Stick & leaf insects mimic twigs & leaves to avoid predators. Even their eggs are camouflaged to look like seeds. There are about 3000 known species & they are largely nocturnal herbivores. On display in our upper gallery. FREE entry! @camunivmuseums.bsky.social

🏋️‍♂️The larvae of goliath beetles are often titled 'the heaviest insects in the world' & can weigh over 100g 🏋️‍♂️ Goliath beetles are super strong - able to lift a load around 850 times their own weight. Our beetles are on display in the upper gallery - FREE entry. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social

The last known #thylacine died #otd in 1936, remembered as #ThreatenedSpeciesDay. Our podcast series explores how #museums built collections of #thylacines, & the violent events surrounding their #extinction in #Tasmania. Have a listen 🔊: soundcloud.com/university-o...

🐳If you could talk to a whale, what would you say? With our artificial intelligence experiment you can now chat to our fin whale. It's the largest specimen in Cambridge! Just scan the QR code in the Whale Hall & start chatting. Museum upper gallery, shop & café open Tues - Sun. Entry FREE 😀

Are you a prospective postgrad looking for a research project? Check out our brand new list of postgrad projects for 2026-27. From animal weapons 💥and rewilding, to neuronal plasticity and invitro fertilisation 🧪 the breadth of topics is tremendous. Find out more: bit.ly/3VxHscv

Join our Learning Team! We have two roles: Family Learning Coordinator: Create nature experiences for families Interpretation & Learning Coordinator: Share stories of our plant collections & lead adult learning programmes Apply at: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/job-opportunities/

📢We’re recruiting! 🌳Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation A permanent teaching-focused position in our vibrant, welcoming and intellectually stimulating academic community. Deadline: 7 September. Apply here: bit.ly/3HKtNeZ

📢Congratulations! 🎖️Prof Andrew Balmford FRS has won the @royalsociety.org's new Environment Medal and Lecture! Awarded for groundbreaking contributions to #conservationscience & redefining conservation education. Read more: bit.ly/41oPGr1 @conservation.cam.ac.uk

📢Publication alert Out now! No Island too Far by Michael Brooke, Emeritus Strickland Curator of Ornithology @zoologymuseum.bsky.social The story of a life-long global adventure searching for seabirds on remote specks of land. Find out more: bit.ly/4mLVinw

Our lower gallery is currently closed for maintenance. We're sorry for any inconvenience. The upper gallery, café and shop are open🙂 Museum entry is free.

📢Sunday 17 August 2025 - we are opening at a slightly later time of 12.30pm & the lower gallery will be closed today for maintenance work. We're really sorry for any inconvenience. The upper gallery is open as usual 🙂

On 14 Aug 1875 the last Rodrigues parakeet was seen alive. 150 years on it rests (with one other) at the Museum, the only physical evidence that it ever existed. @jackdashby.bsky.social explains how collections are used to learn lessons from past losses. theconversation.com/the-rodrigue...

🌞Our Summer Family Day is this Thursday 14 Aug! Pop in to make a snake, have a go at our reptile quiz or try our reptile trail.... 🦎 Everyone welcome. All FREE, 10am - 4.30pm. #WorldLizardDay @camunivmuseums.bsky.social

We’re so excited to see the work of our #agroecology group members featured in the @sciencemuseum.org.uk's new exhibition Future of #Food. Work by Prof Lynn Dicks, @irisberger.bsky.social, Katie Berthon, Ailsa Harris & Annie Northfield is on show. Go see! Read more: bit.ly/470rMFH

We're recruiting! 🌳Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation 🌳Postdoctoral Research Associates in Drosophila Connectomics Whole Organism Neuroscience 🌳Research Assistant Environmental impacts of food consumption & policy Find out more: bit.ly/4o028qV

New research on glasswing butterflies🦋 by an international team of researchers, including @joanameier.bsky.social and Prof @chrisjiggins.bsky.social offers fresh insights into insect evolution and may help shape more effective conservation of these species. Read more: bit.ly/4oi4XUo

Celebrate reptiles with us on Thurs 14 Aug at our Summer Family Day 🙂 follow our Reptile Trail, make craft snakes & handle real reptile skeletons! All FREE, just drop in. #SummerAtTheMuseums @camunivmuseums.bsky.social

Sign up for family fun this #SummerAtTheMuseums! 💌 ☀️ 🗓️ Enjoy a great value day out with your family at local museums this summer. Join us to spark your imagination, explore big topics and enjoy time together. Sign up to hear when the full events calendar launches: bit.ly/SummerAtTheMuseums

Thanks 🥰 to everyone who came along to our Zoology Live! INSECTOPIA event on Saturday, despite the very hot weather! 🦋We enjoyed mini-beast hunts, insect room tours, plus lectures, live stick insects, moths & butterflies. So cool in the Museum😉 @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social

Our biggest family day of the year is this Saturday 21 June. We have a jam packed day for you: 🦋Minibeast hunts 🐝Behind the Scenes tours 🪰Crafts 🪳Live insects 🐞Mini lectures 🙂ALL FREE 💗Can't wait to see you ow.ly/LPUF50WbC6r @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social

🙂APPLY NOW - We are seeking a Senior Collections Lead to manage our Collections Management, Care & Conservation teams. 🦋Closes Sun 22 June. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51272/ @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social

That’s one way of ensuring that you don’t loose any legs- clue them onto the card! We smile ruefully when asked if there is a standard way that flies are pinned- I don’t think I could list all the differently prepared ways specimens arrive at the @nhm-london.bsky.social @natsca.bsky.social

🪰Only 2 days to go until our livestream with NHM fly expert Dr Erica McAlister. Author of The Secret Life of Flies. How do flies help to solve crimes?🪰 Tune in - Wed 18 June at 7pm @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social ow.ly/p4Ez50W9WQl Photo ©Trustees of the Natural History Museum

📢WE'RE HIRING📢Could you be our new Senior Collections Lead? Would you enjoy working with one of the UK's most important natural history collections? Apply by 22 June to look after our amazing Collections Management, Care & Conservation team. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51272/

Our Assistant Director @jackdashby.bsky.social was on #BBCWomansHour this morning! Available online now, grab a cup of tea, sit down and listen back. Enjoy! @camzoology.bsky.social @camunivmuseums.bsky.social

🎉🏆🏆🏆We're delighted to announce 3 new @royalsociety.org Fellows here in Zoology! Dr Gregory Jefferis, Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatic are all now FRS. Many, many congratulations! Read more: bit.ly/3H4rCCk

📢 Join us! We're looking for new members to join our Oversight Board, helping to shape and support our activity across the University Museums and Botanic Garden. Find out more about this meaningful voluntary role and hear directly from our Chair: bit.ly/4kprzj4 🗓️ Applications close 16 June, 9am

📢New publication! So much evidence, so little time: Could AI speed up decision-making in conservation? Research by published today in @plosone.org suggests it might: bit.ly/4jYT0QP @iccs.bsky.social @downingcollege.bsky.social @zoologymuseum.bsky.social @ai.cam.ac.uk #ShapingAIForEveryone

😀If you could chat to a cockroach, what would you ask?🪳How long do you live? Do you make a noise? Do you prefer hot or cold climates? With our AI experiment, you can ask anything! Just scan the QR code on display at the Museum. @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social

📻Tune in to the Soil Matters podcast: bit.ly/4jGSLtu to hear Prof Lynn Dicks and Dr Anna Krzywoszynska @unioulu.bsky.social on sustainable soil management in the UK. Missed their paper? You can read it here: bit.ly/4iLnMLI

Have you seen the ACTUAL VIEW from the Museum shop & Café? Thought it should be shared! It's Cambridge's most iconic & largest specimen, our 21 metre fin whale. PLUS five more whales hanging in the gallery 😀 Come & take a look 🐳Entry FREE.

PLATYPUSES! Unusual finds in natural history #museums! How dead birds prop up the patriarchy! Being in a warehouse with 8000 whales! How museums can save the world! I had such an awesome time talking to @cerysmatthews.bsky.social about #NaturesMemory. From 59mins: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Did you know you can find downloadable visual stories for our Museums and Garden on our website? These accessible visual guides take you on a step-by-step story of your day out, helping you know what to expect before you visit. #AutismAwarenessMonth www.museums.cam.ac.uk/node/3235

The book is out! Want to know more? Join Jack Ashby & Prof. Rebecca Kilner as they discuss what really goes on behind the scenes at the Museum... Tues 6 May 6pm in the main University of Cambridge zoology lecture theatre, next to the Museum. Book ahead. FREE www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-me...

Applications are open for six PhD studentships @camglamresearch.bsky.social, including opportunities at The Fitzwilliam Museum, @maacambridge.bsky.social & @theul.bsky.social in association with @whipplemuseum.bsky.social @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social.👇 www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/cc-ee/studentships

Our very own Assistant Director @jackdashby.bsky.social will be chatting with Cambridge Uni Head of Zoology Dept, Prof Rebecca Kilner on May 6th - sharing behind the scenes secrets at natural history museums. Taking place in the main zoology lecture theatre in Cambridge. Tickets FREE. All welcome!

Hello from the University Museum of Zoology! The Museum is one of Cambridge's major attractions & part of the University of Cambridge Department of Zoology. We house one of the largest & most important natural history collections in the UK. Entry is free & everyone is welcome!