A colouring book (?) from the 18th C!
These illustrations are from British entomologist Dru Drury's famous book "Illustrations of Natural History". This copy was donated to us by Vivian Seymer, possibly a descendant of naturalist Henry Seymer. The insects really seem to lift off the page.
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This Thursday 6 pm, a talk tracing the story of an arboretum planted by Suffragettes & almost forgotten by history.
The tale of a lone Monterey Pine planted by suffragette Rose Lamartine Yates, found by artist Elaine Duigenan who began a quest that spans nature, culture, feminism & art.
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Our warmest congratulations to Kabir Kaul FLS, who is recognised in today's Honours list for services to nature.
Kabir said: “I remain incredibly grateful for the Society’s kindness and encouragement, and the wisdom of all the Fellows I've had the privilege to meet so far."
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In this lecture we examine two copies of one of natural history’s great female pioneers Maria Sybilla Merian’s great work held in both the Linnean Society and Oak Spring Garden Foundation libraries. Explore this masterpiece of scientific illustration.
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How we train the next generation is critical to nature recovery.
A moving story of a writer falling in love with an ancient linden tree. Europe’s oldest lindens have seen as many as 1000 winters.
Lindens are tied to Linnaeus as Carl Linnaeus father had adopted the Latinized surname after a majestic, ancient small-leaved linden (Tilia cordata) on their homestead.
Our set is a three-volume work (illustrations by Moses Harris) that belonged to Henry Seymer who coloured and annotated his volumes.
So... sort of like colouring books really. Seymer also used specimens from his own collection as models for the colours. Read more about Seymer: bit.ly/3Sd8fwE
If you look closely at some of the pages, some have also been left incomplete. But who hasn't been dissatisfied with their own colouring once in a while?
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How would you achieve complete ecological dominance in the Mesozoic? Early sauropodomorphs like Macrocollum itaquii decided a long neck was the answer, stretching their vertebrae into great lengths...talk about sticking your neck out! 🧪 🌍
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Citizen science data from iNaturalist has helped uncover the evolution of parental guarding behaviour in harvestmen: from @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Combining nearly 300 years of fieldwork with data from iNaturalist, researchers have more than doubled documented cases of parental care in harvestmen.
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