Join us in wishing Sir David Attenborough a Happy 100th Birthday! 🎉
An inspiration to us all and the world’s greatest science communicator, here he is in the Grant Museum in 2014 filming ‘Attenborough’s Fabulous Frogs’. 🐸
'Singing, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, according to the latest study to link taking an active interest in art and culture with improved health.'
Study after study after study suggests funding the arts funds good health, not that policy reflects it. 1/2
Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes
Wishing a Happy 200th Birthday to @zslofficial.bsky.social! Our orangutan taxidermy specimen lived at London zoo from 1913-1917 and was later donated to @ucl.ac.uk.
Today we welcomed students and ZSL staff for a special UCL + ZSL bicentenary drawing workshop celebrating our two institutions.
Grant Museum of Zoology
Join British Museum staff as they embark on a new research project, using modern X-ray and CT scanning techniques to reveal what's inside Ancient Egyptian animal mummies.
UCL’s Laura Porro recently teamed up with children’s TV presenter Maddie Moate to explore dinosaur diets, reptile teeth, and even what brains can tell us about intelligence.
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Unbelievable work by @kiabugboy.bsky.social! Please go give it a watch!
Come work with us! We are recruiting for a 1 year maternity cover Curator (Science Collections).
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Laura Porro from UCL's Centre for Integrative Anatomy was filmed talking about anatomy and fluffy dinosaurs with CBeebies' Maddie Moate - and helping Maddie to dissect a pig's brain!
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
"Papua New Guinea has detailed its plans to protect approximately 200,000 km² of Pacific Ocean waters – an area roughly the size of the United Kingdom – from fishing and all other destructive human activity."
Papua New Guinea announces largest MPA in its history
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Papua New Guinea has announced the Western Manus Marine Protected Area - a no-take zone covering 200,000 km² of the Pacific Ocean.
