https://natsca.blog/2026/03/19/the-curious-case-of-a-historical-seed-collection/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/picture3-1.jpgPicture3Figure 1: Tray with one of the sets of the seed collections2026-03-16T14:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2026/03/12/natsca-digital-digest-march-2026/2026-03-10T15:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2026/03/05/an-inspired-approach-to-tail-repair-the-conservation-of-an-arctic-fox-mount/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/picture6.jpgPicture6After Treatment Photo of Arctic Fox (M260); Photo Credit: Greta Grum and Megan Kriefall2026-03-02T13:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2026/02/26/darwin-and-marx-in-the-museum-a-review-of-joel-wainwrights-the-end-marx-darwin-and-the-natural-history-of-the-climate-crisis/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/karl_marx_by_john_jabez_edwin_mayall_1875_-_restored__adjusted_3x4_cropped_b.pngKarl_Marx_by_John_Jabez_Edwin_Mayall_1875_-_Restored_&_Adjusted_(3x4_cropped_b)Karl Marx. ©John Jabez Edwin Mayall, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/charles_darwin_portrait.jpgCharles_Darwin_portraitCharles Darwin. ©Herbert Rose Barraud, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commonshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/economic-botnay-gallery-warrington-museum.jpgEconomic Botnay Gallery Warrington Museum‘Economic Botany’ Gallery, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, used with permission.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/joel-wainwright-the-end.webpJoel Wainwright The EndAttached cover image of Joel Wainwright’s The End2026-02-26T12:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2026/02/19/natsca-digital-digest-february-2026/2026-02-17T18:35:58+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2026/02/05/liverpool-natural-history-and-extinction-the-case-of-a-real-liver-bird/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/picture2.jpgPicture22026-02-02T16:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2026/01/22/the-life-and-work-of-botanist-catherine-muriel-rob-new-herbarium-exhibition-at-the-yorkshire-museum/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/kit-rob-portrait-photograph.jpgKit Rob portrait photographPortrait of Kit Rob in her younger years. From an original held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_6580.jpegIMG_6580Foyer case display at the Yorkshire Museum. York Museums Trust.2026-01-23T11:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2026/01/15/a-new-generation-of-bolton-field-naturalists/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2023.1.134.jpg2023.1.134Illustration of a kestrel capturing a house-sparrow, by Eric Gorton. ©Bolton Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mammals.jpgMammalsThe collections used for the mammal session of the Young Naturalists’ Club. ©Lauren Fieldhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/birds.jpgBirdsThe collections used for the bird session of the Young Naturalists’ Club. ©Lauren Fieldhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/smithills-hall.jpgSmithills HallSmithills Hall. ©Lauren Fieldhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/insects.jpgInsectsParticipants began to show an active interest by the third session; this child wanted some insects identified, before they were released back into the garden. ©Lauren Fieldhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/nature-gallery.jpgNature GalleryThe Nature Gallery at Bolton Museum. ©Bolton Museum2026-01-12T13:11:13+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2026/01/09/natsca-digital-digest-january-2026/2026-01-09T11:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/12/11/natsca-digital-digest-december-2025/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pexels-louis-3690511-1.jpgpexels-louis-3690511 (1)2025-12-08T17:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/12/18/top-natsca-blogs-of-2025/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-1-cheetah-in-progress-for-the-booth-museum-of-natural-history-using-a-polyurethane-foam-form-jazmine-miles-long-1.jpgImage 1 - Cheetah in progress for The Booth Museum of Natural History using a polyurethane foam form - Jazmine Miles Long (1)Fig. 1. Cheetah in progress at The Booth Museum of Natural History using a polyurethane foam form - Jazmine Miles Long https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pxl_20240821_133117542-2.jpgPXL_20240821_133117542 (2)Staff wore 3M 6000 full-face masks with A1 Form filters, white coats or Tyvek suits, close toed boots, nitrile and/or PVC Gauntlets gloves. (a) (L-R) Anna Massignan and Fionnuala Wright cover fluid species in alcohol-soaked muslin. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/eric-gorton.jpgEric GortonEric Gorton with his illustrations. © Bolton Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/blaschka.jpegblaschkaBlaschka Models. Image credit: courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland: Natural History.2025-12-01T16:11:58+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/11/20/the-rediscovery-of-a-challenger-expedition-specimen-in-william-herdmans-zoology-museum-collection-at-the-university-of-liverpool-and-how-digitisation-is-transformative/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/picture-1.jpgPicture 1The labelled Challenger specimen – note that the reference to Challenger appears to be an afterthought - with screenshot of the paragraph describing its discovery. Image © Leonie Sedman, Victoria Gallery & Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/picture2.pngPicture2https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/picture3-1.jpgPicture3Colella label. Image © Leonie Sedman, Victoria Gallery & Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/picture4.pngPicture4Colella on shelf, with screenshot of the relevant page of the Challenger publication. Image © Leonie Sedman, Victoria Gallery & Museum2025-11-17T17:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/11/13/natsca-digital-digest-november-2025/2025-11-10T10:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/11/06/splits-and-distortion-of-a-hisstoric-snakeskin-humidification-as-part-of-remedial-conservation-treatment-of-a-boa-constrictor-skin/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/picture1.jpgPicture1Boa Constrictor in Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles Gallery at NHM ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum2025-11-07T10:28:13+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/10/23/our-irish-natural-history-increasing-the-accessibility-of-natural-history-collections-through-community-driven-interpretation/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-9-willow-specimen.jpgPhoto 9 - Willow SpecimenHerbarium specimen of willow (Salix caprea x viminalis), collected in County Wicklow (DBN0000753). Courtesy of the National Herbarium of Ireland and the Digital Repository of Ireland. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-1.jpgPhoto 1Emma Murphy and Dr. Patrick Roycroft (leftmost corner) chatting with the community members. Photograph by author. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-3.jpgPhoto 3Eric Shaw, a member of Clarecastle & Ballyea Heritage Group, with Lesser Horseshoe bats. Photograph by author. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-2.jpgPhoto 2Dr. Roycroft talking with community members about a brachiopod fossil. Photograph by author. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-4.jpgPhoto 4Mary O’Malley, a member of Louisburgh-Killeen Heritage Group, studying a Corncrake. Photograph by author. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-5.jpgPhoto 6Emma Murphy talking with Eric Shaw about a lesser horseshoe bat. Photograph by author. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-7-exhibition-3d-model.pngPhoto 7 - Exhibition 3D Model3D Model of “Our Irish Natural History” Exhibition. Designed by author. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-6.jpgPhoto 5Eric Shaw, a member of Clarecastle & Ballyea Heritage Group, perusing the Richard J. Ussher papers with Emma Murphy. Photograph by author. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/photo-8-skib-basket.jpgPhoto 8 - Skib BasketSkib’ Basket, Courtesy of Wicklow Willow2025-10-20T11:57:28+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/10/16/how-to-get-into-a-museum-job/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_2_1686223457936.webpimg_2_1686223457936Chatting with University of Leicester alumni in stores, as part of opening up behind the scenes, for our SGGE Centenary Celebrations, May 2023https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/svtandrock.jpgsVTandRockA much younger, and perhaps less cynical me, working at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery c.2008ishhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/b-palumbo-1.webpB PALUMBO 1https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/research.jpgResearchAt the library doing some archival researchhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot_20241230_154718_youtube.jpgScreenshot_20241230_154718_YouTube2025-10-13T12:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/09/18/from-deck-to-decant-a-marine-biologists-deja-vu-after-a-year-in-a-natural-history-museum/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fig1.jpgFig1Figure 1. Before I embarked on my second research cruise on the RV Celtic Explorer, one of the Irish Marine Institute’s research vessels. © J Maxwellhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fig6.jpgfig6Figure 6. Signed, sealed and soon to be delivered. Seal pups prepped to be removed from the museum and brought to the storage facilities where they will be cleaned and shelved. © J Maxwellhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fig5.jpgfig5Figure 5. Fresh and faded, documentation of specimens at sea and on land. Left. Documenting a Umbellula sp. coral, collected from the Irish Deep Sea. Right. Documenting a Eurasian lynx, after it had been removed from its cabinet, before it was prepared for transport to storage. © J Maxwellhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fig3.jpgfig3Figure 3. Winches, pulleys and ropes. Left, Recovering an Epi-Benthic Sledge (EBS) in the middle of the night in the Weddell Sea, Antarctic. Middle, Lowering the Basking Shark from the ceiling of the Irish Room in the Natural History Museum Dublin. Right. Retrieving a weather buoy 500 km off the west coast of Ireland. © J Maxwellhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fig4.jpgfig4Figure 4. The final resting place of a museum mouse. A sarcophagus created for a long dead mouse found behind a cabinet, one of the “side projects” that kept the mood up. © J Maxwellhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fig2.jpgfig2Figure 2. Mirrored experiences, one wet, one dry. Left, Launching the Holland 1, the Irish Marine Institute’s Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), to explore the Whittard Canyon two kilometres below the surface. Right, Removing a grizzly bear from the Natural History Museum in Merrion Square, Dublin. © J Maxwell2025-10-09T11:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/10/09/natsca-digital-digest-october-2025/2025-10-23T08:09:49+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/08/21/crispy-brown-and-far-too-delicate-are-herbarium-specimens-just-too-difficult-to-use/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-1755700481005.pngscreenshot-1755700481005https://www.instagram.com/thedeadplantssocietyleeds/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/take-away-trees.jpgtake away trees©National Museums Liverpoolhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/pre-school-seed-lessons.jpgpre school seed lessonshttps://www.lsu.edu/herbarium/outreach/past_activities.php2025-09-11T13:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/09/11/natsca-digital-digest-september-2025/2025-09-09T09:43:43+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/09/04/seeing-with-their-eyes-a-poetic-reflection-on-the-2025-from-collections-to-connections-natsca-conference-presentation/2025-09-08T11:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/08/14/natsca-digital-digest-august-2025/2025-08-12T15:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/08/07/moving-a-monster-the-ups-and-downs-of-exhibiting-a-japanese-spider-crab/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img-4-edit.jpgIMG 4 edithttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img-3-edit.jpgIMG 3 edithttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img-2-edit.jpgIMG 2 edithttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img-1-edit.jpgIMG 1 edithttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img-6-edit.jpgIMG 6 edithttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img-5-edit.jpgSONY DSCSONY DSC2025-08-04T10:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/06/12/natsca-digital-digest-june-2025/2025-07-23T13:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/07/10/natsca-digital-digest-july-2025/2025-07-23T13:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/07/24/how-to-foster-empathy-with-endangered-animals-developing-a-creative-writing-and-drawing-workshop-toolkit/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture2.jpgPicture2A noble pen shell and water vole, with some written informationhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture3.jpgPicture3A participants’ sketches of a hawksbill turtlehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture6.pngPicture6A Wallace's Golden Birdwing merged with a clockface represents the increasing threat of the butterfly’s extinctionhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture1.jpgPicture1The museum curators set out some specimens for one of the workshops https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture5.jpgPicture5A verbo-visual evocation of the world from the perspective of a rainbow leaf beetlehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture4.pngPicture4Drawing and written description of a tree pangolin2025-07-23T13:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/07/17/a-refresher-course-on-fluid-specimen-conservation-at-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture-4-conservator-anastasia-van-gaver-adhering-a-detached-tortoise-scute-with-gelatine.jpgPicture 4- Conservator Anastasia van Gaver adhering a detached tortoise scute with gelatineConservator Anastasia van Gaver adhering a detached tortoise scute with gelatinehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture2-example-of-three-fluid-specimens-prepared-by-the-conservation-team-for-the-new-natural-history-museum-of-denmark.jpgPicture2- Example of three fluid specimens prepared by the conservation team for the new Natural History Museum of DenmarkExample of three fluid specimens prepared by the conservation team for the new Natural History Museum of Denmarkhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture-3-julian-demonstrating-the-use-of-different-techniques-and-tools-such-as-a-refractometer-and-a-density-meter-to-test-the-fluid-used.jpgPicture 3- Julian demonstrating the use of different techniques and tools, such as a refractometer and a density meter, to test the fluid usedJulian demonstrating the use of different techniques and tools, such as a refractometer and a density meter, to test the fluid usedhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/picture1-workshop-participants-and-julian-carter-.jpgPicture1- workshop participants and Julian CarterWorkshop participants and Julian Carter2025-07-16T14:37:25+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/06/26/bark-tanning-skins-into-leather-for-taxidermy-a-sustainable-natural-and-non-harmful-alternative-to-commercial-tanning-products/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-9-mimosa-bark-tanned-squirrel-skin-showing-how-the-toes-had-to-be-cut.jpgImage 9 Mimosa bark tanned squirrel skin showing how the toes had to be cutMimosa tanned squirrel skin showing how the toes had to be cuthttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-8-showing-two-squirrel-skins-the-pink-skin-has-been-tanned-with-mimosa-and-the-white-skin-has-been-tanned-with-alum.jpgImage 8 Showing two squirrel skins the pink skin has been tanned with mimosa and the white skin has been tanned with AlumShowing two squirrel skins the pink skin has been tanned with mimosa and the white skin has been tanned with Alumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-7-three-experiments-of-bark-tanning-sheep-skin-top-shows-mimosa-with-salt-middle-was-mimosa-no-salt-and-the-bottom-is-tan-oak-bark.jpegImage 7 Three experiments of bark tanning sheep skin top shows mimosa with salt middle was mimosa no salt and the bottom is tan oak barkThree experiments of bark tanning a sheep skin - The top shows leather tanned with mimosa and salt - Middle was tanned with mimosa and no salt - The bottom was tanned with tan oak bark and salthttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-6-tan-oak-bark.jpgImage 6 Tan oak barkTan oak barkhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-5-the-raw-skin-taking-on-the-tan-oak-bark-tannins-to-make-leather.jpgImage 5 The raw skin taking on the Tan Oak Bark Tannins to make leatherThe raw skin taking on the Oak bark tannins to make leatherhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-4-raw-skin-going-into-tan-oak-bark-tea.jpgImage 4 Raw skin going into Tan Oak Bark teaRaw skin going into Tan Oak Bark teahttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-3-online-tanning-lessons-in-the-kitchen.jpgImage 3 Online tanning lessons in the kitchenOnline tanning lessons in the kitchenhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-2-tanning-fish-skin-with-builders-tea-at-west-dean-college-2024.jpgImage 2 Tanning fish skin with builders tea at West Dean College 2024Tanning fish skin with builders’ tea at West Dean College 2024https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-1-jazmine-happy-experimenting-with-leather-conservation-methods-at-west-dean-college-2024.jpgImage 1 Jazmine happy experimenting with leather conservation methods at West Dean College 2024Jazmine happy experimenting with leather conservation methods at West Dean College 2024https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image-10-taxidermy-mole-created-by-jazmine-using-skin-tanned-with-mimosa-bark-tannins.jpgImage 10 Taxidermy mole created by Jazmine using skin tanned with Mimosa bark tanninsTaxidermy mole created by Jazmine using skin tanned with Mimosa tannins2025-06-23T16:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/06/19/planet-ocean-using-local-collections-to-celebrate-global-climate-action/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture8.jpgPicture8Cod skeleton, 1904, © Dom Moorehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture7.jpgPicture7A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach by Stanhope Forbes, paired with fluid collections and the continuous plankton recorder, © Dom Moorehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture6.jpgPicture6Plastic sailor toy and photograph of Prof Richard Thompson, © Dom Moorehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture4.jpgPicture4All the Seas by Tania Kovats, photo © The Boxhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture5.jpgPicture5Swimming hats owned by Gorran Haven Cold Water Crew, © Dom Moorehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture3.jpgPicture3Parachute by Nicky Harwood, photo © Dom Moorehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture2.jpgPicture2Planet Ocean introductory wall, photo © Dom Moorehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture9.jpgPicture9Underwater craft workshop, © The Boxhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/picture1.jpgPicture1Flowers of the Sea folio by Emily Johns, © Dom Moore2025-06-09T10:17:00+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/05/22/a-hundred-feet-through-the-door-a-chance-encounter-with-some-centipedes-set-me-on-a-curatorial-path/2025-05-22T13:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/03/27/packing-the-blaschka-glass-models/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image.pngimageThe model of the sea anemone Actinia mesembryanthum (right) based on a plate (left) from Phillip Henry Gosse’s Actinologia britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals which Leopold Blaschka used for the early sea anemone models that he built. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image-3.jpegimageRhian Israel of Amgueddfa Cymru’s imaging team taking new video and imagery of one of the radiolarian models. Handling and transporting such models safely has been enabled by previous conservation and packaging work. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image-1.pngimageConserving the Blaschka models has involved looking at the materials used, and the way these have been brought together. In the image an Xray Image (left) of a model of the sea anemone Sagartia viduata (right) shows the internal structures such as the way the glass tentacles are wired together whilst also highlighting a past repair.2025-05-19T15:56:19+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2025/05/15/5-top-tips-on-how-to-decant-your-museum/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-5.jpegimageThe Keeper and some of the capital project teamhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image.jpegimageOur rented 40-foot freezer, with extra wide and tall doorshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1.jpegimageNew cantilever racks to store the longest specimenshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image.jpgimageExample of transfer 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Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/simplified_spelling-1.jpgSimplified_Spelling© Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/thomaskeeptoleft-lo.jpgThomasKeeptoLeft lo© Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/thomasflu-lo.jpgThomasFlu lo© Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/thomaseuthanasia-lo.jpgThomasEuthanasia lo© Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/earplugs-lo-2.jpgEarplugs lo 2© Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/thomascrocket.jpgThomasCrocket© Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/thomasbraille.jpgThomasBraille© Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/germanfleet.jpgGermanFleet© Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.2023-03-24T22:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2021/04/08/natsca-digital-digest-april-4/2021-04-08T09:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2021/04/01/conserving-garden-plant-diversity/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/saxi-wsy0009777.jpgSaxi WSY0009777Saxifraga ‘Riverslea’. Painted by Elsie Dykes in July 1931 from the plant exhibited by Maurice Prichard. © The Royal Horticultural Society https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/press-wsy0120944.jpgHerbarium specimen of Campanula lactiflora 'Prichard's Variety'.Campanula lactiflora ‘Prichard’s Variety’. Raised by M. Prichard & Sons, Christchurch. © The Royal Horticultural Society https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/delph-wsy0017417.jpgDelph WSY0017417Delphinium ‘Nymph’. Painted by Elsie Dykes in July 1922 from the plant introduced by Maurice Prichard. © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/press-wsy0105293.jpgHerbarium specimen of Kniphofia 'Royal Standard'.Kniphofia ‘Royal Standard’. Introduced by Maurice Prichard in 1921, this cultivar is grown internationally. © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/press-wsy0105214.jpgHerbarium specimen of Aconitum 'Spark's Variety'.Aconitum ‘Spark’s variety’. This widely available cultivar was bred in 1898 by M. Prichard & Sons, Christchurch. © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/press-wsy0101714.jpgHerbarium specimen of Chrysanthemum 'Desert Song'.Chrysanthemum ‘Desert Song’. Thought to have been extinct in cultivation for over 70 years until one of the RHS’s members sent a cutting from his grandfather’s plant to Wisley for identification.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/press-wsy0097748.jpgHerbarium specimen of Geranium x riversleaianum Yeo 'Russell Prichard'Geranium × riversleaianum ‘Russell Prichard’. This is the original clonal cultivar for the riversleanum type, raised at Prichard’s Nursery at Riverslea, Hampshire before 1915. © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/press-wsy0051663.jpgHerbarium specimen of Delphinium 'Black Arrow'.Delphinium ‘Black Arrow’. Sensation of the 2004 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, this cultivar is no longer available commercially. © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lach-wsy0018759.jpgLach WSY0018759Lachenalia ‘Monte Carlo’. Painted by Elsie Dykes in March 1926 from the plant exhibited by Messrs Carter Page & Co. © The Royal Horticultural Society2023-07-11T05:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2021/03/18/review-decolonising-natural-science-collections-conference-2020/2021-03-17T13:03:44+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2021/03/11/natsca-digital-digest-march-5/2021-03-10T10:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2021/03/04/we-brought-our-electric-ray-specimens-into-the-lab-what-happened-next-will-shock-you/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/detail.jpgdetailCole 1338: Detail, showing the wooden backing behind the glass mounting platehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cole-museum.jpgCole museumThe Cole Museum of Zoology, on what is now the London Road campus. University of Reading, Special Collections, MS 5305 – London Road, Photographs London Road – Zoology.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/accession-catalogue.jpgaccession catalogueCole 1338: Cole Museum accession catalogue entry – composite image. You can view page one and page two of the catalogue entry onlinehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/torpedo-ocellata.jpgTorpedo ocellataCole 1338: Torpedo ocellata, developmental progression2021-03-02T12:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2021/02/11/natsca-digital-digest-february-5/2021-02-17T11:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2021/02/18/time-to-figure-out-where-specimens-are-really-from/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mimsy.jpgmimsyPrint screen of updated Mimsy XG record for specimen 31.12.14.58a.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/map.jpgmapMap showing the collecting localities in Southern Thailand visited by Robinson and Kloss in 1913, available at https://tinyurl.com/yyebermbhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/contents.jpgcontentsPart of the table of contents of volume 5 of the Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, available in the Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19043211https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/31.12.14.58a_lateral.jpg31.12.14.58a_lateralBanded Broadbill – Eurylaimus javanicus Horsfield, 1821 [accession number: NML 31.12.14.56a]. Collected at ‘Kao Nawng’, Surat Thani, Thailand on 1913-07-21 © National Museums Liverpool (World Museum).2021-02-20T10:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2021/02/04/chill-out-a-cautionary-note-on-the-use-of-aqueous-treatments-on-taxidermy/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/fig3.jpgFig3Figure 3. Bar graph showing Ts of historic Redshank and historic and fat-burned pheasant Pheasant, compared with fresh skin.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/fig2.jpgFig2Figure 2. Heating deionised water on a hotplate in the labhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/fig1.jpgFig1Figure 1. 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[UMZC 27/Para/2/a/10] © University of Cambridgehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image-2-standardwing.jpgIMAGE 2 - standardwingThe Wallace’s standardwing bird-of-paradise at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge – most likely the specimen that Ali first collected for Wallace, described in The Malay Archipelego. It is one of the syntypes (the specimens used to formally describe the species) [UMZC 27/Para/20/a/1] © University of Cambridgehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image-1-ali.jpgIMAGE 1 - AliPortrait of Ali in Singapore in 1862, aged around 22, from Alfred Russel Wallace, My Life (1905)2023-04-11T08:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/10/15/trials-from-the-riverbank-conserving-a-taxidermy-otter/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fig-4-waiting-in-storgae-copywrite-jen-gossman.jpegfig 4 waiting in storgae copywrite jen gossmanWaiting in storage © Jen Gossmanhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fig-3-pest-damage-lo.jpgfig 3 pest damage loPest damage to underneath of mount © Jen Gossmanhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fig-2-otter-examination-lo.jpgfig 2 otter examination loOtter examination in fume cupboard © Jen Gossmanhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fig-1-tenby-otter-lo.jpgFig 1 Tenby Otter loOtter mount © Jen Gossman2020-12-09T17:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/10/08/natsca-digital-digest-october-4/2020-12-09T17:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/09/10/natsca-digital-digest-september-3/2020-12-09T17:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/09/24/cryoarks-discover-the-uks-first-zoological-biobank/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/pic-3.jpgPic 3A volunteer accessing frozen samples kept at -196oC at the Natural History Museum © Veit Braun (CRYOSOCIETIES)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/pic-2.jpgPic 2Slicing into a muscle sample keeps our preserved specimens intact © RZSShttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/pic-1.jpgPic 1Sorting through lemur muscle samples at National Museums Scotland © National Museums Scotland2020-09-23T16:32:07+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/09/17/natural-connections/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/stepney-nature-study-museum-credit-carolines-miscellany.jpgStepney-Nature-Study-Museum-credit-Carolines-Miscellanyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/stepney-nature-study-museum-1-credit-carolines-miscellany.jpgStepney-Nature-Study-Museum-1-credit-Carolines-MiscellanyStepney Nature Study Centre © Caroline's Miscellanyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/small-coppers-richard-cottam-800x533-1.jpgsmall-coppers-Richard-Cottam-800x533Small Coppers from Richard Cottam’s collectionhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/room-201x300-1.jpgRoom-201x300https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/old-library-400x273-1.jpgOld-Library-400x273https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/naturalist-420x600-1.jpgNaturalist-420x600Fred Stubbs shown in The Naturalist by George Henry Wimpenny https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/blue-butterfly-richard-cottam-collection-800x533-1.jpgblue-butterfly-Richard-Cottam-collection-800x533Blue Butterflies from Richard Cottam's collection2020-09-16T15:33:24+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/08/27/natsca-user-survey-2020-help-us-target-our-future-support-for-natural-science-collections-community/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/regional-training-workshop-c-bristol-museums.jpgregional training workshop (c) Bristol Museumshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_0001.jpgIMG_00012020-08-26T13:41:06+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/08/20/tahemaa-transformed-the-conservation-of-the-mummy-coffin-at-the-bournemouth-natural-science-society/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fig-5.jpgFig 5Figure 5. Shows the effectiveness of enzyme cleaning on the painted surface, before (above) and after (bottom).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fig-4.jpgFig 4Figure 4. Cleaning the coffin with cotton swabs and a lot of patience.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fig-3.jpgFig 3Figure 3. Original colours are darkened with the build-up of surface dirt.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fig-2.jpgFig 2Figure 2. Layers of the coffin structure peeling away.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fig-1.jpgFig 1Figure 1. Tahemaa the Mummy at the Bournemouth Natural Science Society.2020-08-24T10:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/04/09/natsca-digital-digest-april-3/2020-08-19T16:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/05/18/virtual-fieldwork-during-lockdown-part-1/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sketch_map_of_sokotra_showing_route-lo.jpgSketch_Map_of_Sokotra_showing_Route loSketch map of Socotra showing the expedition route (H. O. Forbes from The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri). Public Domain.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/socotra_bunting_socotra_cisticola.jpgSocotra_Bunting_Socotra_CisticolaSocotra Bunting – Emberiza socotrana (Ogilvie-Grant and Forbes, 1899) [accession number: 31.12.1900.165a] (left) and Socotra Cisticola – Cisticola haesitata (Sclater and Hartlaub, 1881) [accession number: 31.12.1900.176b] (right). © National Museums Liverpool (World Museum).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/socotra_archipelago_map-e1589541223570.jpgSocotra_archipelago_mapThe Socotra Archipelago (J. J. Wilson adapted from an image by NordNordWest). CC BY-SA 3.0.2020-08-19T16:09:50+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/05/21/virtual-fieldwork-during-lockdown-part-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cucumber-tree.jpgcucumber treeSketch of the cucumber tree of Socotra by J. R. Wellsted, another unusual endemic tree, made during an earlier expedition to Socotra. The sketch is part of the Royle collection at LIV herbarium, World Museum. © National Museums Liverpool (World Museum).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/socotra_display.jpgSocotra_DisplayThe Biodiversity of Socotra display in the Clore Natural History Centre at World Museum, part of the Connect2Socotra campaign. © National Museums Liverpool (World Museum).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/phalacrocorax_nigrogularis-lo.jpgPhalacrocorax_nigrogularis loSocotra Cormorant - Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant and Forbes, 1899 (H. Grönvold from The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri). Public Domain.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/our_camp_at_adho-dimellus-lo-1.jpgOur_Camp_at_Adho-Dimellus loPhotograph of the camp at Adho Dimellus (H. O. Forbes from The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri). Public Domain.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/socotra_grosbeak_socotra_starling_socotra_warbler.jpgSocotra_Grosbeak_Socotra_Starling_Socotra_WarblerSocotra Grosbeak – Rhynchostruthus socotranus Sclater and Hartlaub, 1881 [accession number: 31.12.1900.164a] (top); Socotra Starling - Onychognathus fratus (Sclater and Hartlaub, 1881) [accession number: 31.12.1900.160e] (middle); and Socotra Warbler – Incana incana (Slater and Hartlaub, 1881) [accession number: 31.12.1900.175m] (bottom). © National Museums Liverpool (World Museum).2020-08-19T16:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/06/18/cyclapeople-in-lockdown/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/03_stamp-lo.jpg03_stamp loThe Herbarium stamp, ready for action © Claire Smith, 2020 https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/02_fog-lo.jpg02_fog loSometimes the data collected in the field is unavoidably minimal © Claire Smith, 2019 https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/01_associated_plants-lo.jpg01_associated_plants loSome field notes are more legible than others… © Claire Smith, 2019 2020-08-19T16:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/06/25/wild-about-portsmouth-life-in-lockdown/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shrill-carder-bee-1.jpgshrill carder bee (1)Shrill Carder bee - now a rarity © Portsmouth Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/peregrine-lo.jpgPeregrine lohttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/peregrine-data-but-not-recorded.jpgPeregrine data but not recordedPeregrine Falcon and associated data © Portsmouth Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/golden-oriole_1381.jpgGolden oriole_1381Golden Oriole - a contender for #CURATORBATTLE #bestbling © Portsmouth Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/brad-with-completed-drawer-of-mining-bee.jpgbrad with completed drawer of mining beeBrad with a drawer of bees completed during lockdown © Portsmouth Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/balancing-butterfly2.jpgbalancing butterfly2One of the online activities created for Cumberland House Natural History Museum website © Portsmouth Museum2020-08-19T16:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/07/23/museums-beyond-covid/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/image2.jpgIMAGE2The natural history gallery at the Charleston Museum, North Carolina. It wasn’t heaving with visitors, and I could see people take their time look at the displays. Photo by Jan Freedman.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/image1.jpgIMAGE1Beautiful taxidermy work of lions attacking a buffalo. I patiently waited 15 minutes until the case was clear of visitors for this photo. Photo by Jan Freedman.2020-08-19T16:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/08/06/frequently-asked-questions-in-taxidermy/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/picture-2.pngpicture 2Photo of the taxidermy Gannet (Morus bassanus) waiting patiently(!) to go on display before the event. Photo by author.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/picture-1.pngpicture 1Photo of me (left) talking to guests at the National Museum Cardiff ‘After Dark’ event alongside Vertebrate Curator Jennifer Gallichan (centre) and local artist Nichola Hope (right) drawing. Photo courtesy of Caitlin Jenkins. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/picture-3.jpgpicture 3Manx Shearwater study skin with accompanying x-ray image used at the After Dark event. Photo courtesy of Julian Carter.2020-08-19T16:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/08/13/natsca-digital-digest-august-2/2020-08-12T13:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/07/16/collecting-with-lao-chao-zhao-chengzhang-decolonising-the-collecting-trips-of-george-forrest/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-10-george-forrest-58-copy.jpgFig 10 George Forrest 58 - CopyExcerpt from a letter sent to Mr Chittenden by George Forrest 20.vi.1918. © The Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-9-web-use-wsy0037116.jpgThis is a plant portrait of Rhododendron sinogrande.Rhododendron sinogrande © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-8-wsy0108888.jpgFig 8 WSY0108888Some of the many collecting boxes destined for Caerhays Castle, leaving China via Rangoon. The RHS still has some of the boxes that returned laden with seed for RHS Garden Wisley and is able to use them for interpretation © The Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-7-wsy0108900.jpgFig 7 WSY0108900Preparing and sorting seed © The Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-6-wsy0108894-lo.jpgFig 6 WSY0108894 loCamp in the Lichiang Range (Yulong Shan) © The Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-5-wsy0108890.jpgFig 5 WSY0108890Forrest’s collecting team with stacks of drying papers roped to wooden saddles ready for mule transport. Lao Chao is seen here, fifth from the right © The Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-4-press-wsy0066382-lo.jpgFig 4 Press-WSY0066382 loHerbarium specimen made by EK Janaki Ammal of a cross between Rhododendron griersonianum and R. auriculatum © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-3-press-mar0044343.jpgThis is a plant portrait of Primula vialii 'Alison Holland'.Primula vialii ‘Alison Holland’ RHS/Sarah Cuttle © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-2-press-lib0000520.jpgBees Ltd advertisement for hardy primulas, featured in the Chelsea Flower Show 1914 catalogue.Bee’s Ltd advertisement within the 1914 RHS Chelsea Flower Show catalogue. Note the reference to Forrest’s collections © RHS Lindley Libraryhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fig-1-wsy0108896.jpgFig 1 WSY0108896George Forrest © The Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh2020-07-16T12:28:49+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/07/09/natsca-digital-digest-july-4/2020-07-06T12:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/06/08/natsca-digital-digest-june-4/2020-06-05T11:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/05/28/playing-with-wire-the-conservation-of-a-wallaby-skeleton/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cj-image-6.jpgCJ image 6Bones reunited!https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cj-image-5.jpgCJ image 5Hands up!https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cj-image-4-lo.jpgCJ image 4 loSettling the sternum back into placehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cj-image-3-lo.jpgCJ image 3 loConstructing the wire cradlehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cj-image-2.jpgCJ image 2Beginning the ribcage wiringhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cj-image-1-lo.jpgCJ image 1 loA bony jigsaw...2020-05-27T16:29:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/05/14/natsca-digital-digest-may/2020-05-12T12:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/04/23/giant-sequoia-at-the-natural-history-museum/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/figure-5-lo.jpgFigure 5 loFigure 5. Applying the solvent gel https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/figure-7.jpgFigure 7Figure 7. The central section has been treated with solvent gel and cleared using solvent wipes. The sections either side are still coated with the old, deteriorated varnish. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/figure-6.jpgFigure 6Figure 6. Removing the spent gel with a cardboard scraperhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/figure-4.jpgFigure 4Figure 4. Bags of gel ready for use on the tree. The team are so grateful to all their colleagues who mixed up huge quantities of gel in their spare moments. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/figure-3-lo.jpgFigure 3 loFigure 3. Conservators working on mobile scaffolding to access the specimen. Health and safety was a priority and risk assessments were written for all processes. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/figure-2.jpgFigure 2Figure 2. The tree when it was felledhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/figure-1.jpgFigure 1Figure 1. The stages of treatment2021-01-14T20:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/04/16/resurrection-101/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/frog_before-after.jpgFrog_before-after2020-04-16T10:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/03/19/what-is-that-spiny-thing/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fig-3.jpgfig 3Fig 3. Distribution of Melocactus (source: www.plants of the worldonline.org link: http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331763-2.)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fig-2.jpgfig 2Fig. 2. Melocactus azureus in wild (picture by Pierre Braun, own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35738382https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fig-1.jpgfig 1Fig 1. Flower of Melocactus (© The Trustees, Natural History Museum, London)2020-04-08T10:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/03/26/how-to-get-money-for-your-natural-science-collection/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/436-pterygotus-bilobus.jpg436 Pterygotus bilobus©Leeds Museums and Gallerieshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/279-shin-bone-tibia.jpg279 Shin-bone Tibia©Leeds Museums and Gallerieshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/14-beetle-sp..jpg14 Beetle sp.©Leeds Museums and Gallerieshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/264-large-white-caterpillar.jpg264 Large White caterpillar©Leeds Museums and Galleries2020-04-08T10:07:27+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/03/12/natsca-digital-digest-march-4/2020-03-09T17:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/02/27/exeter-shell-collection-designated-by-arts-council-england/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/tuberculate-cockles-collected-by-george-montagu.jpgtuberculate cockles collected by George MontaguTuberculate Cockles collected by George Montaguhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/syntypes-of-onoba-semicostata-montagu-1803.jpgsyntypes of Onoba semicostata (Montagu, 1803)Syntypes of Onoba costata (Montagu, 1803)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/rammpeople-57.jpgRAMMPeople-57https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/british-shells-collected-by-george-montagu.jpgBritish shells collected by George MontaguBritish shells collected by George Montagu2020-02-26T10:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/02/13/natsca-digital-digest-february-4/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/colour-logosmall.jpgcolour-logo(Small)2020-02-12T12:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/01/30/the-power-of-people-and-collections-in-the-climate-emergency/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_2410.jpgIMG_2410https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dscf5794.jpgDSCF5794From the collections at The Box, Plymouthhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_2418.jpgIMG_2418https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/skulls.jpgskulls2020-01-29T12:58:45+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/11/21/the-land-of-the-oran-utan/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/john_400x600.jpgjohn_400x600Myself and orangutan at the Semenggoh Nature Reserve, Sarawak in November 2013.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/orangutan_400x600.jpgorangutan_400x600“Simia morio” male collected in Menyille, Sarawak by Alfred Russel Wallace in August 1855. © National Museums Liverpool, World Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/18_3_57_9_ventral_830x400.jpg18_3_57_9_ventral_830x400“Simia morio” male skull collected in Menyille, Sarawak by Alfred Russel Wallace in August 1855. The cranium and mandible are inscribed with “S. morio” and the catalogue number 31. The cranium was likely sectioned into two for the “ascent of man” display. At this point the mandible became separated from the cranium and was accessioned into the collection as a “chimpanzee”. They have now been reunited. © National Museums Liverpool, World Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/18_3_57_10_830x500.jpg18_3_57_10_830x500“Simia morio” female skull collected in Sarawak by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855. © National Museums Liverpool, World Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/malay_archipelago_title_page_double_830x600.jpgMalay_Archipelago_title_page_double_830x600Title page of the first edition of The Malay Archipelago published in 1869, 150 years ago.2020-01-22T12:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/01/23/decolonising-natural-sciences-collections/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191120_141727_resized.jpg20191120_141727_resized2020-02-20T13:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/01/16/diminished-scales-the-plight-of-the-pangolin-and-the-role-of-museums/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/svw-collections-centre.jpgSVW Collections CentrePangolins on display at the SVW Information Centre, Vietnam (© Dan Gordon)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/live-pangolin.jpgLive PangolinThe first Pangolin I ever saw - a Sunda Pangolin in the SVW Rescue Centre, Cuc Phuong National Park (© Dan Gordon)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sunda-pangolin-e1579019244165.jpgSunda PangolinSunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) at SVW Rescue Centre, Vietnam. When threatened pangolins curl into a defensive ball. This animal was found wedged beneath a seat on a bus travelling from Laos to Hanoi and rescued by SVW staff (© Dan Gordon)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/educational-tour.jpgEducational TourAn educational tour for Grade 7 students from Ngo Si Lien school at the SVW Rescue Centre (© Dan Gordon)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/great-north-museum.jpgGreat North MuseumGreat North Museum staff use Pangolin specimens in an event to mark World Pangolin Day 2018 (© Dan Gordon)2020-01-22T12:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/01/14/bill-pettit-grant-for-up-to-3000/2020-01-14T12:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2020/01/09/natsca-digital-digest-january-3/2020-01-08T12:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/12/12/natsca-digital-digest-december/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/christmas-digest.jpgWikicommons Christmas worm2019-12-12T11:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/11/14/natsca-digital-digest-november-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/owl.jpgOwl2019-12-09T15:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/12/19/meet-the-natsca-committee-amanda-callaghan/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cole-museum.jpgCole museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/amanda-profile.jpgAmanda profile2019-12-09T15:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/12/05/our-top-ten-blogs-of-2019/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1.-data-labels-c.-bristol-museums-c.jpg1. Data labels c. Bristol Museums Chttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/430-pangolin-c.jpg430 Pangolin Chttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nr373_seaslug.jpgnr373_seaslughttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cornflower-model-interior-copy.jpgCornflower model interior copy2019-12-02T12:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/11/28/provenance-provenance-provenance/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fig-3.jpgFig 3Fig. 3. Forbes’s collecting book for his return trip to Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay in 1823. Note the symbol for the Sun (annual)[circle with a centrally place dot] applied to the description of Leonotis (no. 17). Image taken by the author from the RHS Lindley Collections © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fig-2.jpgFig 2Fig. 2. Page 2 of Forbes’s collecting records from Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay in 1822. Image taken by the author from the RHS Lindley Collections. © The Royal Horticultural Societyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fig-1.jpgFig 1Fig. 1. Specimen of Leonotis intermedia housed in the Natural History Museum, London [Forbes no. 62, Algoa Bay 1822]. © The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London2019-11-29T12:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/10/24/meet-the-natsca-committee-kirsty-lloyd/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kirsty-at-work.jpgKirsty at workhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/kirsty-profile.jpgKirsty profile2019-10-23T15:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/10/17/making-the-most-of-what-youve-got/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-7.pngImage 7For the next year, we will document the specimens by filling in these select fields only. © Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-6.jpgImage 6This ?Brachylophosaurus jawbone is from the Judith River Formation, in Alberta, Canada. Due to its potential importance, it was selected for imaging by our photography department. © Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-5.jpgImage 5We will prioritise important material such as this partial ophalmosaur paddle from Yetminster, over material with obvious less-importance. © Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-4.jpgImage 4Under the ‘Rule of Specimen Lots’, these six ammonites would be given a single number, for eg NH.89.3.453. At a later date (or sooner if the need arises), they will then be part numbered and given individual numbers accordingly; NH.89.3.453.1, NH.89.3.453.2, NH.89.3.453.3, etc. © Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-3.pngImage 3https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-2.pngImage 2A) Specimen level label, kept in the individual specimen’s bag or box. B) Label for a group of specimens, these have unfortunately been mixed up in some drawers. © Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-1.pngImage 1A) Isotelus gigas, and Ordovician trilobite from the Trenton Limestone. B) Eryon propinquus, a Jurassic lobster from the Solnhofen Limestone. © Horniman Museum and Gardens.2019-10-15T14:58:15+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/10/10/natsca-digital-digest-october-3/2019-10-10T10:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/09/26/meet-the-natsca-committee-glenn-roadley/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-20-09.38.56.jpg2019-09-20 09.38.56https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/c2czvetwqewva.jpgC2czVetWQewvA2019-09-24T14:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/09/19/survey-of-flowering-plants-stored-in-fluid-preservatives-across-european-herbaria/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jars-in-trays-and-shelves.jpgJars in trays and shelves2019-09-20T17:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/09/12/natsca-digital-digest-september-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-missing-lynx.jpgTHE MISSING LYNXThe Missing Lynx, the new book about Britain’s lost beasts. (Image Jan Freedman)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/horniman-museum.jpgHORNIMAN MUSEUMA powerful display at the Horniman museum. A dead fox with plastic erupting from it’s mouth. (Image by Jan Freedman)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bristol-museum.jpgBRISTOL MUSEUMA chimpanzee on permanent display, covered with the black veil. © Bristol Culture2019-09-05T16:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/08/01/brendel-plant-model-survey/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cyreal-3d-imaging-cuscuta-trifolii-lo.jpgCyreal 3D imaging Cuscuta trifolii loBrendel model Cuscuta trifolii being 3D imaged by Cyreal © National Museums Liverpool, World Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/victoria-gm-display-lo.jpgVictoria G&M display loBrendel models on display at Victoria Gallery & Museum © National Museums Liverpool, World Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fumaria-officinalis-model-dismantled-lo.jpgFumaria officinalis model dismantled loBrendel model Fumaria officinalis © National Museums Liverpool, World Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cornflower-model-interior-lo.jpgCornflower model interior loBrendel model Centaurea cyanus ‘dissected’ © National Museums Liverpool, World Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/object-lessons-manchester-museum-2017.jpgObject Lessons, Manchester Museum 2017Brendel models on display Object Lessons, Manchester Museum © National Museums Liverpool, World Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/poppy.jpgPoppyBrendel model Papaver rhoeas © National Museums Liverpool, World Museum2019-09-05T16:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/08/22/invertebrates-in-vitro/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sponge.jpgSpongeModel of the wall of the sponge Eurete semperii [sic]. Nr.703 in the Blaschka 1885 catalogue. Specimen NMINH:1888.326.1 in the National Museum of Ireland. Image by Paolo Viscardi, 2018https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/challengerv21_71_lxxi.jpgChallengerv21_71_LXXIDetail of the wall of the sponge Eurete semperii [sic] taken from Plate LXXI of "Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76". By Dr. F.E. Schulzehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sagartia_wax.jpgSagartia_waxSagartia coccinia [sic] Blaschka catalogue Nr. 93. Specimen in Trinity College Dublin Zoological Museum, showing coloured wax infill. Image by Paolo Viscardi, 2018https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/corynactis_viridis.jpgCorynactis_viridisCorynactis viridis Blaschka catalogue Nr.57. Specimen in Trinity College Dublin Zoological Museum. Image by Paolo Viscardi, 2018https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sagartia.jpgSagartiaSagartia coccinia [sic] Blaschka catalogue Nr. 93. Specimen in World Museum, Liverpool. Image Paolo Viscardi, 2019https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/philip_henry_gosse_-_british_sea-anemone_and_corals_28plate_v29.jpgphilip_henry_gosse_-_british_sea-anemone_and_corals_28plate_v29Plate V in "British Sea-Anemone and Corals" by Philip Henry Gosse, Van voorst, Paternoster Row, London, 1860.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/glass_flowers_gift-bouquet-e1566230174788.jpgglass_flowers_gift-bouquetBouquet of Blaschka glass flowers made in 1889, gifted to Elizabeth C. and Mary L. Ware. Now part of the Harvard Glass Flowers exhibit. Image by Bard Cadarn, 2018.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/starfish_larvae.jpgStarfish_larvaeAsteracanthion pallidus NMINH:1886.684 Nr.659https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nr373_seaslug.jpegBeccaria tricolor [sic] Nr.373 in Blaschka catalogue. Specimen NMINH:1886.810.1 at the National Museum of Ireland.Beccaria tricolor [sic] Nr.373 in Blaschka catalogue. Specimen NMINH:1886.810.1 at the National Museum of Ireland.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/blaschka-starfish.jpgBlaschka starfish2019-09-05T16:28:49+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/09/05/the-missing-lynx-the-past-and-future-of-britains-lost-mammals/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9781472957344.jpg97814729573442019-09-02T17:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/04/12/paradise-problems-perpetrators-and-positives/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/emi-and-harapan-at-cincinnati-image-by-charles-w-hardin.jpgSumatran rhinos at Cincinnati Zoo. (By Charles W. Hardin, image in public domain).Sumatran rhinos at Cincinnati Zoo. (By Charles W. Hardin, image in public domain).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/smog.jpgIn 2015, smog produced as a direct result of fires used in palm oil production was so thick in Sumatra, Indonesia, that it caused air pollution levels to spike in neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore9. [Waiting for copyright permission] (NASA, 20158).In 2015, smog produced as a direct result of fires used in palm oil production was so thick in Sumatra, Indonesia, that it caused air pollution levels to spike in neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore9. [Waiting for copyright permission] (NASA, 20158).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/world-map.jpgWorld map showing countries affected by large-scale clearance of natural habitat for producing palm oil as of 2006 (FAO 20076, via Koh and Wilcove, 20087).World map showing countries affected by large-scale clearance of natural habitat for producing palm oil as of 2006 (FAO 20076, via Koh and Wilcove, 20087).2019-08-22T13:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/08/15/stories-from-pressed-plant-books-in-the-botany-collections/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190517_135143-lo.jpg20190517_135143 loAlgae Danmoniensis in 4 volumes, contains pressed seaweeds from Devon and was published by Mary Wyatt. She wrote and sent specimens to Lewis Weston Dillwyn for scientific investigation. ©Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Waleshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/conferva_davesii_type_specimen-enhanced-lo.jpgConferva_davesii_type_specimen---enhanced loLewis Weston Dillwyn's ‘Herbarium of the British Confervae’ book of pressed seaweeds and freshwater algae from south Wales from the early 1800s. ©Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales2019-08-14T11:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/08/08/natsca-digital-digest-august/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/giraffe-digest.jpggiraffe digest2019-08-05T14:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/07/25/the-dead-and-the-living-natural-historys-two-key-pillars-in-new-art-exhibition/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david-attenborough.jpgDavid AttenboroughL-R: John Fanshawe (who I worked with in CCI to curate the exhibition), Sir David Attenborough, Jonathan Kingdon and Jack Ashby © Lloyd Mann / University of Cambridgehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/evolution-on-the-wing.jpgEvolution on the wingEvolution on the Wing, 1997. Jonathan Kingdonhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mammals-of-africa.jpgmammals of africahttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/african-mammals.jpgAfrican mammalshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hornbill.jpghornbillRhinoceros hornbill – Food mimic, 2014. Jonathan Kingdon. Is the way to a hornbill’s heart through her stomach? Kingdon suggests that this species’ “horn” mimics the fruit the males feed the females. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/flayed-aardvark.jpgFlayed aardvarkFlayed aardvark. Adult male, Lwentenga, C. Uganda, 1967. Jonathan Kingdon https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/beaks-as-flags.jpgBeaks as flagsBeaks as Flags (detail), 2010. Jonathan Kingdon2019-07-23T14:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/07/18/wild-about-portsmouth-discovering-and-uncovering-a-little-known-natural-history-collection/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/attachment-4-lo.jpgAttachment-4 loEntomology cabinets installed in the new locations © Portsmouth Museumshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/attachment-3-lo.jpgAttachment-3 loFirst geology drawer completed by volunteers © Portsmouth Museumshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/attachment-2-lo.jpgAttachment-2 loPromoting the collections at the Hampshire Biological Recorders Forum © Portsmouth Museumshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/attachment-1-lo.jpgAttachment-1 loNewly installed and filled herbarium cabinets © Portsmouth Museums2019-07-12T09:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/07/11/natsca-digital-digest-july-3/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/39-common-green-birdwing-c.jpg39 Common Green Birdwing C2019-07-10T15:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/06/27/beauty-in-the-eye-of-the-turtle-holder/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img-20190212-wa0004.jpgIMG-20190212-WA0004© Becky Desjardinshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img-20190212-wa0002.jpgIMG-20190212-WA0002© Becky Desjardinshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/shell-eyes.jpgshell eyes© Becky Desjardinshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/marble-eyes.jpgmarble eyes© Becky Desjardinshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/googly-eyes.jpggoogly eyes© Becky Desjardinshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cowrie-eyes.jpgcowrie eyes© Becky Desjardins2019-06-25T15:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/06/20/natsca-digital-digest-june-3/2019-06-18T11:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/04/26/my-work-is-what-will-survive/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/lib0021974.jpgLIB0021974E. K. Janaki Ammal with her scientific peers standing outside of the laboratory, RHS Garden Wisley, 1947 ©RHShttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rhododendron-yakushimanum-koichiro-wada.jpgHerbarium specimen of Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada'.Rhododendron yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’. Specimen made by E.K. Janaki Ammal as a voucher for her Cytology work. ©RHS.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/magnolia-kobus.jpgMagnolia kobus.Magnolia kobus at the RHS ©RHS2025-07-30T20:32:28+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/05/30/making-a-wild-strawberry-sculpture-from-honey-bee-wax-a-scientific-art-collaboration-with-cornell-university-new-york/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/close-up.jpgClose upClose up of the sculpture on display in the PolliNation exhibition. © Annette Townsendhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/making-wild-strawberry-leaves-and-runners-11-1.jpgmaking-wild-strawberry-leaves-and-runners-1[1]Leaves made from wax brushed into plaster and silicone moulds. Plant runners made from waxed wires. © Annette Townsendhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wild-strawberry-fragaria-vesca-21.jpgwild-strawberry-fragaria-vesca-2[1]© Annette Townsendhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wild-strawberry-fragaria-vesca-11.jpgwild-strawberry-fragaria-vesca-1[1]The finished sculpture. © Annette Townsendhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pollination-exhibition-promotional-flyer1.jpgWorth A Thousand Words Promohttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/making-wild-strawberry-leaves-and-runners-11.jpgmaking-wild-strawberry-leaves-and-runners-1[1]© Annette Townsendhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/making-wild-strawberry-flowers-from-waxed-silk-11.jpgmaking-wild-strawberry-flowers-from-waxed-silk-1[1]Making the flowers from waxed sheets of silk. © Annette Townsendhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/making-of-beeswax-celandine-model1.jpgmaking-of-beeswax-celandine-model[1]Creating a celandine test piece using honey beeswax from Scott’s lab at Cornell University. © Annette Townsendhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/making-wild-strawberries-from-dressmaking-beads-coated-in-wax-11.jpgmaking-wild-strawberries-from-dressmaking-beads-coated-in-wax-1[1]Strawberry fruits made from dressmaking beads coated in molten wax and attached to waxed wire stems. © Annette Townsendhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wild-strawberry-packaging1.jpgwild-strawberry-packaging[1]The sculpture made ready for travel, with pinned Plastazote supports. © Annette Townsend2019-05-29T15:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/05/23/brexit-and-the-customs-union-the-practical-impact-on-museums/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/430-pangolin-lo.jpg430 Pangolin lo© Leeds Museums and Gallerieshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/285-queen-conch-lo.jpg285 Queen Conch lo© Leeds Museums and Gallerieshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/39-common-green-birdwing-lo.jpg39 Common Green Birdwing lo© Leeds Museums and Galleries2024-12-10T23:39:15+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/05/16/global-biodiversity-collections-becoming-part-of-the-open-data-community/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8.-training-course-logos.jpg8. Training course logosMobilise: funders and linked infrastructurehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7.-national-museum-of-natural-history-sofia-c.-bristol-museums-lo.jpg7. National Museum of Natural History Sofia c. Bristol Museums loNational Museum of Natural History, Sofia © Bristol Museumshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6.-text-facet-kingdom-c.-open-refine.jpg6. Text facet kingdom c. Open Refinehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6.-text-facet-country-c.-open-refine.jpg6. Text facet country c. Open RefineOpen Refine: giving a big picture overview and helping spot inconsistency and error © GBIFhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5.-principles-slide-c.-gbif.jpg5. Principles slide c. GBIFCourse slide: Data cleaning principles © GBIFhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.-fitness-for-use-slide-c.-gbif.jpg4. Fitness for use slide c. GBIFCourse slide: Fitness for use © GBIFhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3.-strategy-game-c.-bristol-museums-lo.jpg3. Strategy game c. Bristol Museums loCourse activity: Plotting an institutional digitisation strategy © Bristol Museumshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.-gbif-front-page-c.-gbif.jpg2. GBIF front page c. GBIFGBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (website front page, accessed 7 May 2019) © GBIFhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1.-data-labels-c.-bristol-museums.jpg1. Data labels c. Bristol MuseumsCollections’ biodiversity data: the what, when, where, who collected attached to many biological and palaeontological specimens © Bristol Museums2019-05-15T14:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/05/11/bone-idols-protecting-our-iconic-skeletons/2019-04-08T12:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/02/18/bill-pettit-memorial-fund-discovery-collections-project/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150128_113759.jpg20150128_113759https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/20150128_114015.jpg20150128_1140152019-04-08T12:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2013/08/27/margaret-gattys-algal-herbarium-in-st-andrews/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alga2.jpgalga2Detail of: Bellotia eriophorum Harvey. Collected by F. von Mueller, Phillip Island (Australia). MG0053 in the Margaret Gatty herbarium, STA.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alga1.jpgalga1Detail of: Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse. Collected in Filey (Yorkshire. UK), August 1871. MG0079 in the Margaret Gatty herbarium, STA.2019-04-08T12:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/02/20/bill-pettit-memorial-project-conservation-of-historic-taxidermy/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/four.jpgFourSpicer platypus case after conservationhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/threeafter.jpgthreeafterCygnet after conservationhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/threebefore1.jpgthreebeforeCygnet before conservationhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/threebefore.jpgthreebeforeCygnet before conservationhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/two.jpgtwohttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/one.jpgone2019-04-08T12:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/03/07/natsca-digital-digest-march-3/2019-03-07T12:52:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/02/28/five-lessons-for-life-from-working-on-the-hornimans-historical-herbarium/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/andreas-eichler-cuckoo-flower.jpgAndreas Eichler Cuckoo flowerImage in public domain. Andreas Eichlerhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-5.jpgImage 5© Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-6.jpgImage 6© Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/picture1-1.jpgPicture1© Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-3.jpgImage 3© Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-2.jpgImage 2© Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-1.pngImage 12019-02-28T16:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/02/21/the-beauty-of-a-smile/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_0188.jpgimg_0188The beautiful Bloody-nosed beetle. Those beautiful feet, and gorgeous antenna brings a smile to my face every time I see one! (Photo by author)2019-02-21T16:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/10/04/crochetdermy-at-the-horniman/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/23215511_10159631317450717_2525694118643497104_o.jpg23215511_10159631317450717_2525694118643497104_oGoing up a skill level- this unicorn is so good it’s akin to the real thing, yes? © Emma Nicholls.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/15972426_10158126103600717_3236681711993995448_o.jpg15972426_10158126103600717_3236681711993995448_oMy first crochet project; A little Yoda for my sister. (C) Emma Nicholls.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ca054b9a-960a-49e4-8e4c-75eff3eaf7f1.jpegCA054B9A-960A-49E4-8E4C-75EFF3EAF7F1The centrepiece of our new exhibition is this incredible Crochetdermy lioness, by Shauna Richardson.2019-02-15T16:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/02/15/our-top-ten-most-fantastic-blogs-of-2018-as-voted-by-you/2019-02-15T10:17:24+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/02/07/natsca-digital-digest-february-3/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image.jpgImagesss2019-02-07T13:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/12/06/natsca-digital-digest-december-2/2019-02-07T12:49:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/01/29/the-bill-pettit-memorial-award-2/2019-02-07T12:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/01/09/caring-for-natural-science-collections-my-first-natsca-conference/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/presentation.jpgpresentationThe first presentation of the day, ‘Developing strategies for controlling pests and moulds in a large skeletal collection’.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/view.jpgviewView from the first floor, showcasing the impressive architecture and collections below.2019-02-05T09:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2019/01/17/natsca-digital-digest-january-2/2019-01-17T12:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/12/13/hands-on-time-with-the-bird-collections-at-glasgow/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/purple-swamp-hen-feathers.jpgpurple swamp hen feathersPurple swamp hen feathers in situ on the cloak with kiwi and kea feathers present too. © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Porphyrio-skin.jpgPorphyrio skinOne of our purple swamp hen skins. © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/noddy.jpgnoddyNoddy bearing its original John Gilbert label which reads ‘male, Feb 9th 1843, South Island, Houteman’s Abrolhos’. © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hose.jpgHoseBirds from Mount Dulit in Sarawak. Hose spend the first part of his career in Borneo as an administrator in the Baram River district. © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FairIsle-corn-bunting.jpgFairIsle corn buntingCorn bunting from Fair Isle collected by George Stout. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Biles-bird.jpgBiles birdA white-bellied drongo from the Biles collection.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Waddell-label.jpgWaddell labelA velvet-fronted nuthatch specimen with label showing vernacular name and locality. This one we can read – it’s Namchi in south Sikkim.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Waddell-birds.jpgWaddell birdsFour rufous-bellied niltavas from L.A. Waddell collectionhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/storage.jpgstorageNew storage at the Kelvin Hall for mammal and bird skin and mount collections2018-12-14T09:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/11/15/and-the-winner-is-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/picture6.pngPicture6aahttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/platy.pngplatyaaaahttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/zzzzz.pngzzzzzhmh2018-11-22T12:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/11/22/wild-about-portsmouth-discovering-portsmouths-natural-history-collection/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/geology-volunteer-drawer.jpgGeology Volunteer drawerFirst geology drawer catalogued by volunteers - 137 drawers to go. © Portsmouth Museums.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/penguin-eggs-cropped.jpgPenguin eggs croppedGentoo Penguin eggs from Discovery II expedition. © Portsmouth Museums.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mrs-tate-plant.jpgMrs Tate plantPlant collected on Portsea Island in 1832 by Mrs Tate. © Portsmouth Museums.2018-11-16T14:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/11/09/natsca-digital-digest-november/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/museum30.png#Museum30d2018-11-16T14:46:54+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/10/25/collectors-collections-and-the-geology-of-sw-britain-a-view-from-the-audience/2018-10-25T13:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/10/19/harry-higginson-distributing-dodos-in-the-1860s/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/picture1.jpgPicture1The Higginson Memorial Window at Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul; featuring the dodo. ©Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/picture4.pngPicture4Dutch School, 17th Century. A dodo with inscription 'Dronte'. Traces of black chalk, watercolour, gum arabic, brown wash framing lines. 10¼ x 8 3/8 in. (26 x 21 cm.) The inscription on this drawing, 'Dronte', was the Dutch 17th-century name for the dodo, although at this period it was also used in a number of other languages including French and Italian.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/picture3.pngPicture3A Dodo pelvis (LEEDM.C.1866.26.29068.8) sent to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society by Higginson in 1865. ©Leeds Museums and Galleries.2018-10-19T11:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/10/11/natsca-digital-digest-october-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/natsca-logo-small-ggg.jpgNatSCA logo small ggg2018-10-11T09:58:10+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/09/14/natsca-digital-digest-september/2018-09-14T11:56:25+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/08/30/why-cultivated-plants-matter-in-an-urban-environment/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/image-5-cultivated-specs.jpgImage 5 cultivated specsCultivars from the RHS herbarium. © The Royal Horticultural Society 2018.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/image-4-seaside-bed.jpgImage 4 seaside bedQuintessential British promenade flower bed (Weymouth). © Yvette Harvey.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/image-3-non-indigenous-at-tip.jpgImage 3 non indigenous at tipNon-indigenous flower mix planted at Bridport’s municipal tip. © Yvette Harvey.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/image-2-pollinators.jpgimage 2 pollinatorsPollinators visiting an ornamental flower bed. © Yvette Harvey.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/image-1-london-street-trees.jpgImage 1 London street treesLondon street trees providing welcome shade for pedestrians on a sunny day. © Yvette Harvey2018-09-07T21:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/09/06/natures-empire/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/19-1927-2-60.jpg19-1927-2-60Acanthus Ilicifolius. Watercolour and gouache, c.1770-80 by Bhawani Das. Cresswell collection. © 2018 Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council. Sea holly (Acanthus ilicifolius), known in Hindi as Harkata, is known for a range of medicinal uses, including as an antiseptic, and for the treatment of burns.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/19-1927-2-91.jpg19-1927-2-91Lynxhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/nandini-jayanta-andrew-at-vmh.jpgNandini Jayanta Andrew at VMHNandini Jayanta Andrew at VMH2018-09-03T14:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/08/23/natsca-digital-digest-64/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ditw_trevorrow.pngDitW_Trevorrow2018-08-28T11:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/08/16/natsca-conservation-photo-competition/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pic-2.jpgPic 2Engaging with public with taxidermy conservation for "Fluff it up". ©The Grant Museum of Zoology, University College Londonhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pic-1.jpgPic 1Removing oxidised oils from the surface of a Minke whale skull. ©Lucie Mascord2018-08-14T12:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/08/10/a-year-of-coraling-and-coralling/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/picture2.jpgPicture2Coral spawning taking place at the Horniman Museum Aquarium, as part of ongoing research by Project Coral. © Horniman Museum and Gardens and Jamie Craggs https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/set-dressing.jpgSet dressingThe Museum was transformed into an underwater haven. © Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/reef-encounters.jpgReef EncountersAdriana Humane is a marine ecologist working on captive coral longevity. © Horniman Museum and Gardens.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fabric-of-the-reef.jpgFabric of the Reefhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/picture1.jpgPicture12018-08-13T11:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/07/27/impressions-of-my-first-natsca-conference/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/driggsby.pngDriggsbyDriggsby the Fin Whale hanging in the entrance to Tullie House Museum, in Carlisle. © Nigel Larkin.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/herbaria-edit.jpgHerbaria2018-07-27T12:11:25+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/08/02/natsca2018-two-days-that-made-me-feel-like-a-part-of-something/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180426_105539-1.jpgMeg Cathart-James with Cole Museum Curator Amanda Callaghan (C) Meg Cathart-JamesMeg Cathart-James with Cole Museum Curator Amanda Callaghan (C) Meg Cathart-James2018-07-27T11:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/07/19/the-mass-migration-of-the-cole-museum-of-zoology/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/image-1.pngImage 1Max and Amelia at a local primary school’s summer fair. (C) Cole Museum of Zoology2018-07-18T15:40:26+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/07/12/natsca-digital-digest-july-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/svpca-2.pngSVPCA 22018-07-11T13:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/06/14/meet-the-committee-jennifer-gallichan/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_1672.jpgIMG_16722018-07-10T11:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/07/05/we-are-all-experts/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stickers.jpgstickersThe black wall from Manchester Museum’s Climate Control exhibition gathering ideas from visitors on how to tackle climate change. © Manchester Museums.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/skulls.jpgskullsInstalling Manchester Museum’s Nature’s Library gallery showcasing how the collection is used. (C) Manchester Museums2018-07-05T10:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/06/28/transforming-scientific-natural-history-3d-data-into-an-immersive-interactive-exhibition-experience/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/image-2.jpgImage 2https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/image-1.jpgImage 12018-06-28T11:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/06/21/so-you-think-you-know-about-dinosaurs/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ben-garrod-1.jpgBen Garrod 1Superb artwork by https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ben-garrod-2.jpgBen Garrod's new book series could be a hit with audiences with all ages.Ben Garrod's new book series could be a hit with audiences with all ages.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ben-garrod-3.jpgThe full series by Ben Garrod2018-06-21T12:57:28+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/06/07/natsca-digital-digest-june-2/2018-06-07T10:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/05/10/natsca-digital-digest-63/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sue-prep.jpgsue-prep2018-05-23T13:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/05/23/rocks-of-death-and-fizzing-fossil-fish/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20171128_120311.jpg20171128_120311Riebeckite var crocidolite; ie an asbestos mineral. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20171128_152048.jpg20171128_152048Radioactive fish (Coccosteus sp.) from the Old Red Sandstone in Orkney, Scotland. © Oxford University Museum of Natural Historyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20171128_154508.jpg20171128_154508Hazards in geological collections take many forms.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20171128_104654.jpg20171128_104654Ready to dive in.2018-05-23T13:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/04/20/brexit-the-practical-impact-on-museums/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pound_euro.jpgPound_Eurohttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sbp.jpgSBPhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/type_lobster_loan.jpgType_lobster_loanhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/brexit.jpgbrexit2018-05-22T13:48:30+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/05/18/waving-goodbye-to-the-walrus-reflections-on-leaving-and-starting/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/horniman-walrus.jpgHorniman Walrus. (C) Horniman Museum and GardensHorniman Walrus. (C) Horniman Museum and Gardens2018-05-18T10:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/05/31/collections-2030-whats-next-for-museum-collections/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/image001.jpgCollections2030Collections20302018-05-09T14:50:40+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/05/03/playing-with-time/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bear.jpgBearH.E. Balch surveys the bear skull he unearthed in the Badger Hole – and newfound company in his august perch above the hearth. (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/close-up.jpgClose upA close up. (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/volunteer1.jpgVolunteer1Turn the handle and the little cinema springs to life. (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/shadows-in-the-mind.jpgShadows in the MindShadows in the Mind of H.E. Balch MA FSA Pages from Balch’s journal chronicling over a decade of excavation within the Badger Hole, Wookey Hole, mammoth, giant deer, horse and hyena. (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/selwood-academy.jpgSelwood AcademyEven more intense scrutiny – pupils from Selwood Academy engaged in speleological investigation in the course of a visit to Wells and Mendip Museum. (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/palaeo-dandelion-clock1.jpgPalaeo-dandelion clockPalaeo-dandelion Clock (Our Dreamtime). (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/banwell-bear1.jpgBanwell BearWilliam Beard of Bone Cottage Pages from the journal of William Beard, custodian of Banwell Bone Cave and bear (Ursus arctos) skull from the Badger Hole, Wookey. The famous Banwell bear skull is in the Museum of Somerset. (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/angharad1.jpgAngharadMiss Jones’ Incredible Shrinking Hyaena! Two pages from a flipbook; hyaena, hyaena teeth from the Hyaena Den, Wookey Hole and marine oxygen isotope record indicating temperature change and global ice volume over 800,000 years. (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/schreve1.jpgSchreveThe Cave In The Mind Of Professor Schreve Two pages from a flipbook; narrow-skulled vole jaw, rodent incisor, mountain hares and graph showing temperature fluctuation over a 50,000 year period. (C) Sean Harris.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/buckland1.jpgBucklandThe Conflicting Universes of the Rev. Dr. Buckland Two pages from a flip-book; hyaena bones, coprolites and teeth from Milton Hill Fissure and the Hyaena Den, Wookey Hole. (C) Sean Harris.2018-05-09T13:24:50+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/05/08/special-notice-offer-of-materials/2018-04-30T14:49:28+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/04/30/natsca-digital-digest-april-2/2018-04-30T12:26:29+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/04/19/when-art-recreates-the-workings-of-natural-history-it-can-stimulate-curiosity-and-emotion/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mark-dion-the-wonder-workshop-1.jpgMark DionMark Dion The Wonder Workshop, 2015 Dark oak cabinets, epoxy resin, paint, 124 magic sculpt objects Installation view of Mark Dion: Theatre of the Natural World at Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2018 Photo: Jeff Spicer/PA Wire https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mark-dion-library-for-the-birds-of-london-2.jpgMark Dion Library for the Birds of London 2Mark Dion The Library for the Birds of London (detail), 2018 Mixed media; steel, wood, books, zebra finches, and found objects Installation view of Mark Dion: Theatre of the Natural World at Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2018 Photo: Jeff Spicer/PA Wirehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mark-dion-library-for-the-birds-of-london-1.jpgMark DionMark Dion The Library for the Birds of London (detail), 2018 Mixed media; steel, wood, books, zebra finches, and found objects Installation view of Mark Dion: Theatre of the Natural World at Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2018 Photo: Jeff Spicer/PA Wirehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mark-dion-the-naturalists-study.jpgMark DionMark Dion The Naturalist’s Study, 2018 Installation view of Mark Dion: Theatre of the Natural World at Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2018 Photo: Jeff Spicer/PA Wire2018-04-17T15:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/03/22/when-museums-get-it-wrong-did-we-accidentally-accession-someones-holiday-booze/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/plum-after.jpgThe “plum” after conservation, (the fluid has since become discoloured again).  (C) UCL Grant Museum of Zoology.The “plum” after conservation, (the fluid has since become discoloured again).  (C) UCL Grant Museum of Zoology.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/plum-before1.jpgThe mystery specimen in its original fluid before conservation. Is it in fact a bottle of plum brandy that a researcher bought as a souvenir?The mystery specimen in its original fluid before conservation. Is it in fact a bottle of plum brandy that a researcher bought as a souvenir?2018-04-05T10:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/04/05/borderless-collections-starting-a-collections-community-revolution/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/blog-image-bristol-harbourside.jpghttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/blog-image-vision-notes.jpghttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/image-2.jpghttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/picture2.jpg2018-04-05T09:59:01+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/03/08/natsca-digital-digest-march-2/2018-03-08T12:04:53+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/02/15/willows-in-the-wind-digitisation-of-the-tullie-house-herbarium/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/digitised-specimen-of-salix-fragilis-crack-willow-from-south-of-cockermouth-cumbria.jpgDigitised specimen of Salix fragilis (Crack Willow) from south of Cockermouth (Cumbria).Digitised specimen of Salix fragilis (Crack Willow) from south of Cockermouth (Cumbria).2018-02-19T14:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/03/01/taxidermy-koala-the-language-of-natural-history/2018-02-16T15:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/02/22/meet-the-committee-donna-young/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/804500bb-a9ff-4375-90c8-eb9f20d78775-2.pngDonna Young, hard at work on the herbarium. (C) National Museums Liverpool.Donna Young, hard at work on the herbarium. (C) National Museums Liverpool.2018-02-16T12:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/11/23/the-curious-life-of-a-museum-curator/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/c3vqfl4wqaajypp.jpgC3vqfl4WQAAjYppA natural shot of a museum curator which could easily have been used for the front cover of a heavy metal album. (Photo by Steve Haywood)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ddkrebaxsaerekv.jpgDDkReBAXsAEREKVA mummified cat left on my desk one morning. (Photo by author)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/image-1.jpgImage-1A museum curator and Indiana Jones. Can you tell the two apart? (Photo left Public Domain. Photo right by author)2018-02-16T10:59:50+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/04/20/meet-the-natsca-committee-paul-a-brown/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/paul-a-brown.jpgPaul A. BrownOn field work at Scolt Head, Norfolk2018-02-16T10:59:02+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/12/21/meet-the-committee-roberto-portela-miguez/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_8990.jpg"Fashion is key for fieldwork" (C) Roberto Portela Miguez"Fashion is key for fieldwork" (C) Roberto Portela Miguez2018-02-16T10:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/01/18/meet-the-committee-isla-gladstone/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_7553.jpgOn the move: world beetles at Ilfracombe Museum - significant data is found in all sizes of collections.On the move: world beetles at Ilfracombe Museum - significant data is found in all sizes of collections.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_7867.jpgSharing skills with non-specialists responsible for natural sciences collections - South West Museums Development Conservation Officer Helena Jaeschke relates the do's and don'ts of specimen cleaning. @SomHeritage.Sharing skills with non-specialists responsible for natural sciences collections - South West Museums Development Conservation Officer Helena Jaeschke relates the do's and don'ts of specimen cleaning. @SomHeritage.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_7864.jpgMedicinal plant on a page from Bristol's earliest natural sciences collection - the Broughton herbarium, Bristol & Jamaica, 1779-90. (C) Bristol Culture.Medicinal plant on a page from Bristol's earliest natural sciences collection - the Broughton herbarium, Bristol & Jamaica, 1779-90. (C) Bristol Culture.2018-02-16T10:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/02/08/natsca-digital-digest-february-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/chimerarachne.jpgChimerarachneChimerarachnehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/vdsv.pngChimerarachne yingiChimerarachne yingi2018-02-14T14:47:21+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/01/25/natsca-journal-evolution/2018-01-24T14:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/01/12/natsca-digital-digest-january/2018-01-12T14:40:50+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2018/01/05/the-raven-and-stag-are-clearly-talking-to-each-other/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/red-fox-at-hmg.jpgI see urban red foxes quite regularly in LondonI see urban red foxes quite regularly in Londonhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/squirrel.pngProbably not going to win an award with this one.Probably not going to win an award with this one.2018-01-05T16:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/12/28/top-ten-most-read-blogs-of-2017/2017-12-18T11:43:38+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/01/31/top-ten-most-read-blogs-of-2016/2017-12-18T10:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/12/15/natsca-digital-digest-62/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/image-03-1000x5761.jpgIMAGE-03-1000x576https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/image-1-2.jpgIMAGE-1-2The beautiful Blue Whale on display in the Natural History Museum, London. Named Hope, she inspires hope for the future.2017-12-15T14:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/11/16/natsca-digital-digest-61/2017-12-15T14:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/12/07/making-the-most-of-a-move/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gcg-natsca-dublin-tonymorganimage.jpgA happy group of geologists after two days of geeking out together. Image courtesy of Tony MorganA happy group of geologists after two days of geeking out together. Image courtesy of Tony Morganhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rhomaleosaurus.jpgThe business end of the holotype of Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni.The business end of the holotype of Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/archivist.jpgDocumentation staff can erase you if they wish. Always be nice to documentation staff.Documentation staff can erase you if they wish. Always be nice to documentation staff.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/white-kneed-tarantula.jpgWhite-kneed tarantulaA Brazilian white-kneed tarantula can prey on birds and mammals the same size as its body.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/baby-pygmy-hippo.jpgBaby pygmy hippoA baby pygmy hippo next to a full grown non-pygmy hippo. So small!https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/before-and-after.jpgThe need for a little lighting in a dark exhibit is unequivocal based on this case study.Image courtesy of Isla GladstoneThe need for a little lighting in a dark exhibit is unequivocal based on this case study. Image courtesy of Isla Gladstone2017-12-07T14:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/10/17/the-legacy-of-entomologist-harold-edward-hammond/2017-11-30T11:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/10/12/how-a-hundred-and-fifty-year-old-botany-collection-can-help-modern-science/2017-11-30T11:32:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/11/30/the-addition-of-enthusiasts/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/jeremy-moore-hawfinch.jpgJeremy Moore HawfinchThis image, taken by Jeremy Moore, shows off the beauty of this bulky* but shy finch species.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nick-truby-1.jpgTwo hawfinches in a hornbeam tree, taken in Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire. Note the striking patterns on the wings and tail, being kindly displayed by the bird on the right for your appreciation. Image used with kind permission of Nick Truby, © Nick Truby.Two hawfinches in a hornbeam tree, taken in Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire. Note the striking patterns on the wings and tail, being kindly displayed by the bird on the right for your appreciation. Image used with kind permission of Nick Truby, © Nick Truby.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nh-83-3-9.jpgEdward Hart would collect, prepare and mount the taxidermy specimens himself.Edward Hart would collect, prepare and mount the taxidermy specimens himself.2024-01-21T04:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/10/16/why-not-apply-for-our-2000-bill-pettit-fund/2017-10-16T12:25:34+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/10/06/natsca-digital-digest-october/2017-10-06T10:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/09/28/what-is-the-work-of-a-curator-of-a-closed-museum/2017-10-06T09:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/07/06/natsca-digital-digest-july/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/vulture-digest-image.jpg2017-10-06T09:51:42+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/09/12/digital-digest-september/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2.jpg2(Image from the collections at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ammonite2.jpgammonite2https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1024px-armadillidium_vulgare_001.jpg1024px-Armadillidium_vulgare_001data:text/mce-internal,content,Just%20one%20of%20the%20many%20species%20of%20woodlice%2C%20or%20is%20that%20hog-louse%2C%20or%20sow%20bug%2C%20or.....%20%28Image%20by%20Franco%20Folini%2C%20Public%20Domain%292017-10-06T09:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/08/10/natsca-digital-digest-60/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ndd-chinasaurs2.pngndd-chinasaurs22017-10-06T09:51:12+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/06/16/portrait-of-a-sensitive-armoured-snout/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_4414.jpgIMG_4414https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_4286.pngIMG_4286https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_4293.jpgIMG_4293https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_4521.jpgIMG_45212017-10-02T13:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/07/13/meet-the-natsca-committee-lucie-mascord/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/visiting-the-galerie-de-palc3a9ontologie-et-danatomie-comparc3a9e.jpgVisiting the Galerie de Paléontologie et danatomie comparéePhoto: Visiting the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’anatomie comparée 2017-10-02T13:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/08/17/what-is-a-museum-curator-made-of-slugs-and-snails-and-puppy-dog-tails-and-then-some/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dragons-blood.jpgdragons bloodhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/fancy-ephedra-jar.jpgfancy Ephedra jarhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dried-toad-e1502909964836.jpgdried toadDried toad – is what it says on the jar…..https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/schering-jars.jpgSchering jarshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/spirocid-bayer-jar.jpgspirocid Bayer jarhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ralph-stockman-ugsp00223.jpgRalph Stockman, University of Glasgow UGSP00223Ralph Stockman, University of Glasgow UGSP002232017-10-02T13:24:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/08/24/a-blog-from-the-up-and-coming/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cone-shells.jpgSome beautiful cone shells, belonging to the Cole Museum of Zoology’s shell collection.Some beautiful cone shells, belonging to the Cole Museum of Zoology’s shell collection.2017-10-02T13:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/09/22/rhinos-and-museums/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/white-rhino-kruger-national-park.jpgWhite rhino in Kruger National Park (Image from Wikimedia Commons)White rhino in Kruger National Park (Image from Wikimedia Commons)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/black_rhino_diceros_bicornis.jpgBlack Rhino in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, TanzaniaBlack Rhino in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania (Image from Wikimedia Commons)2017-10-02T13:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/07/27/the-formerly-googly-eyed-owl/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/image-3.jpgAFTER. Long-eared owl: googly-eyed no more. LDUCZ-Y1604AFTER. Long-eared owl: googly-eyed no more. LDUCZ-Y1604https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/image-2.jpgThe de-eyed owl. LDUCZ-Y1604. Image courtesy of Lucie Mascord.The de-eyed owl. LDUCZ-Y1604. Image courtesy of Lucie Mascord.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/image-1.jpgThe long-eared owl: BEFORE. LDUCZ-Y1604The long-eared owl: BEFORE. LDUCZ-Y16042017-07-27T10:07:08+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/07/20/stirring-the-hornets-nest-are-natural-science-collections-even-legal/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/can-of-worms.jpgImage from ImgurImage from Imgurhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ichneumon.jpgIchneumonIchneumonhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cannabis.jpgCannabis sativa, a common weed not that long agoCannabis sativa, a common weed not that long ago2017-08-31T13:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/06/29/private-bonetaxidermy-collection-the-good-the-bad-and-the-illegal/2017-06-16T12:00:40+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/05/09/to-dress-a-wolf/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170420_1612521.jpg20170420_161252Would you dress a taxidermy specimen from your museum collections? https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170420_0835281.jpg20170420_083528[1]The newly hung Finback Whale (Photo by Paolo Viscardi)2017-06-16T11:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/02/14/robot-zoo-a-must-see-exhibition/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bat.jpgbatThis bat robot is nearly 20xlife-size. See it at The Robot Zoo, Horniman Museum and Gardenshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rhinoceros.jpgFull sized white rhinoceros at The Robot Zoo, Horniman Museum and GardensFull sized white rhinoceros at The Robot Zoo, Horniman Museum and Gardenshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/platypus.jpgPlatypus model at The Robot Zoo, Horniman Museum and GardensPlatypus model The Robot Zoo, Horniman Museum and Gardens2017-06-16T11:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/02/09/natsca-digital-digest-february/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/giraffe-in-namibia.jpg"What shall I do this month?" Namibian giraffe, image in public domain"What shall I do this month?" Namibian giraffe, image in public domain2017-06-16T11:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/01/26/conservation-of-a-venus-flower-basket/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/venus-flower-basket-c2a9-mcmanus-collections-unit.jpgVenus flower basket on display. © McManus Collections UnitVenus flower basket on display. © McManus Collections Unithttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/venus-flower-basket-noaa-2010-image-in-public-domain.jpgVenus flower basket. (NOAA, 2010, Image in public domain)Venus flower basket. (NOAA, 2010, Image in public domain)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1020177.jpgVenus flower basket, before and after conservatio. (C) McManus Collections UnitVenus flower basket, before and after conservation. (C) McManus Collections Unit2017-06-16T11:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/01/26/improving-specimen-data-recording-and-access-in-a-life-sciences-museum/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/natsca-2.jpgnatsca-2excel spreadseet formhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/natsca-11.jpgnatsca-1The formhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/natsca-3.jpgnatsca-3The new formhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/natsca-4.jpgnatsca-4The screen2017-06-16T11:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/01/18/nature-notes/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nn5small.jpgnn5smallLocker with accessibility aids, step stools and panel with Makatonhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nn3small.jpgnn3smallOne of the interactive sensory tables.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nn1small.jpgnn1smallGallery view of Nature Notes.2017-06-16T11:43:57+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/01/12/natsca-digital-digest-58/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/colorado-potato-beetle-chalupskc3bd-2004-image-in-public-domain.jpgColorado potato beetle, Chalupský 2004, Image in public domainColorado potato beetle, Chalupský 2004, Image in public domain2017-06-16T11:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/02/23/making-nature-at-wellcome-collection/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hiroshi-sugimoto-galapagos-1980-c2a9-hiroshi-sugimoto-courtesy-pace-gallery.jpgHiroshi Sugimoto, Galapagos, 1980 © Hiroshi Sugimoto, courtesy Pace Gallery.Hiroshi Sugimoto, Galapagos, 1980 © Hiroshi Sugimoto, courtesy Pace Gallery.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/c-richard-ross-museum-national-dhistoire-naturelle-paris-france-1982-2-1.jpg(c) Richard Ross, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France 1982 2-1(c) Richard Ross, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France 1982 2-1https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/budgie-specimens-illustrating-colour-variations-c-trustees-of-the-natural-history-museum.jpgBudgie specimens illustrating colour variations (c) Trustees of the Natural History MuseumBudgie specimens illustrating colour variations (c) Trustees of the Natural History Museum2017-06-16T11:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/02/28/neither-a-borrower-nor-a-lender-be/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/research_loan-e1488296732836.jpgresearch_loanNot as pretty as a Blaschka, but much more important to science.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fedex1.jpgfedexhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc06070-edited.jpgdsc06070-editedhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc06064-edited.jpgdsc06064-editedhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/crate.jpgcratehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fedex.jpgfedexhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/blaschka_radiolarian.jpgblaschka_radiolarianAn exceptionally fragile Blaschka glass model of a radiolarian in Dublin.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dinosaurs.jpgdinosaurs2017-06-16T11:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/03/08/its-all-in-the-subconscious/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/16996534_10158342386565717_169001449729503039_n1.jpg16996534_10158342386565717_169001449729503039_nThe new and improved range of emoticonshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/16996534_10158342386565717_169001449729503039_n.jpgThe new and improved WhatsApp emoticonsThe new and improved WhatsApp emoticons2017-06-16T11:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/03/09/natsca-digital-digest-march/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/5629-rossia-macrosoma-1.jpg5629 Rossia macrosoma 1(Image from the collections at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery)2017-06-16T11:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/03/14/famous-flies-petiver/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/problem-image.jpgProblem Imagehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/problem-image-2.jpgProblem Image 2https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/problem-image-1.jpgProblem Image 1https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/image-6.jpgThe hornet robberfly Asilus Crabroniformis.The hornet robberfly Asilus Crabroniformis. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/image-5.jpgHoverflies in the NHM collection.Hoverflies in the NHM collection.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/image-4.jpgA ghost in the box?A ghost in the box?https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/image-3.jpgWe have lots of little boxes.We have lots of little boxes.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/image-2.jpgUnsurprisingly not many survived to the present day due to poor preservation but some did.Unsurprisingly not many survived to the present day due to poor preservation but some did.2017-06-16T11:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/03/23/meet-the-natsca-committee-rachel-jennings/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pheasant_hat.jpgpheasant_hat2017-06-16T11:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/04/06/natsca-digital-digest-april/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/no-vacancies.jpgNo VacanciesRepresentative pageshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/colobus-april.jpgColobus monkey © E-L NichollsColobus monkey © E-L Nicholls2017-06-16T11:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/04/11/museaster/2017-06-16T11:39:58+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/04/27/not-just-old-birds-in-cases/2024-07-01T13:55:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/05/04/natsca-digital-digest-59/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/darwin-tinamou-egg2017-05-04.jpgDarwin-Tinamou-egg2017-05-04https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nddlogo2017-05-04.pngnddLogo2017-05-042017-06-16T11:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/05/18/object-lessons-manchester-museum-2/2017-06-16T11:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/05/28/national-gorilla-day-or-racist-skeletons-in-our-closets/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screenshot-2017-05-26-at-12-31-47-edited.pngScreenshot 2017-05-26 at 12.31.47 - Editedhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/4132550429_e0ab21d1db_o.jpgRudolph Zallinger's "The March of Progress" from Time-Life's 1965 book Early ManRudolph Zallinger's "The March of Progress" from Time-Life's 1965 book "Early Man"https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/afe57b5dbfdfb106bf9aebf265aa6f17.jpgOriginal King Kong models from 1933 filmOriginal King Kong models from 1933 filmhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screenshot-2017-05-16-at-17-00-57-edited.pngllustration from 'Wild life under the equator. Narrated for young people' Paul Chaillu (1896)Illustration from 'Wild life under the equator. Narrated for young people' by Paul Chaillu (1896). N.B. this is NOT how Gorillas usually stand.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/640px-huxley_-_mans_place_in_nature.png640px-huxley_-_mans_place_in_natureFrontispiece to T.H. Huxley's 1863 book 'Man's Place in Nature'2017-06-16T11:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/06/06/provocative-practice-new-ways-of-working-with-natural-science-collections/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/undressed-tullie-house-wolf.jpegAn undressed taxidermy Grey Wolf from the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery collections strikes a majestic pose in “undressed mode”. Photograph by Simon Jackson.An undressed taxidermy Grey Wolf from the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery collections strikes a majestic pose in “undressed mode”. Photograph by Simon Jackson.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/one-museums-trash-slide.jpgJo Hatton (Horniman Museum and Gardens) taking us through their 4 key steps of de-accessioning. (Photograph by Simon Jackson).Jo Hatton (Horniman Museum and Gardens) taking us through their 4 key steps of de-accessioning. (Photograph by Simon Jackson).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cambridge-museum-of-zoology-whale_sj.jpgNatSCA delegates gathering below the newly hung Fin Whale (photograph by Simon Jackson shown thanks to University Museum of Zoology, CambridgeNatSCA delegates gathering below the newly hung Fin Whale (photograph by Simon Jackson shown thanks to University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge2017-06-16T11:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/06/15/unexpected-natural-history-in-a-sporting-museum/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pot8os-in-gallery.jpgPot8os in galleryAs all Natural History curators know the only thing better than one specimen skeleton is two specimen skeletons!  This skeleton thought to be that of Pot8os, the famous son of Eclipse, supports a display about the use of historic mtDNA in the identification of skeletal finds.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3-hyperion-in-gallery.jpg3. Hyperion in galleryHyperion in The Maktoum Gallery of the Thoroughbred- visitors can explore anatomy through a digital interactive and low-tech tactile interactive using the skeleton specimen as a real life reference.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2-hoof.jpg2. Hoofhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1-hyperion-move.jpg1. Hyperion MoveThe redevelopment has been a great way to (rapidly) develop collection handling, packing and moving skills!2017-06-16T11:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/06/20/confessions-of-an-amateur-aquarist-having-an-aquarium-in-a-museum-exhibition/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/emptying-for-install.jpgTechnical staff emptying the aquarium before installation in the gallery.Technical staff emptying the aquarium before installation in the gallery.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/moulting.jpgMoulting crab.Moulting crab.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/larry.jpgRIP Larry. (Image courtesy of RAMM).RIP Larry. (Image courtesy of RAMM).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hermit.jpgHermit crab.Hermit crab. https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/checking-water-chemistry.jpgNervously checking the water chemistry. (Courtesy of RAMM).Nervously checking the water chemistry. (Courtesy of RAMM).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/devonshire-cup-coral.jpgDevonshire cup coral. Teaching aid drawn in coloured chalk by PH Gosse. (Courtesy of RAMM).Devonshire cup coral. Teaching aid drawn in coloured chalk by PH Gosse. (Courtesy of RAMM).2017-06-16T11:27:31+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2017/06/01/natsca-digital-digest-june/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sloth-2.jpgThree-toed sloth (C) Horniman Museum and GardensThree-toed sloth (C) Horniman Museum and Gardens2017-06-16T11:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2016/12/16/how-to-store-taxidermy/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fgnncgfnv.jpgfgnncgfnvStuffhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/taxidermy1.jpgtaxidermyTaxidermy specimens that required a special hand from SafeStore for long-term preservation. © SafeStore.2017-01-27T11:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2016/12/19/spnhc-annual-meeting-2016/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/elephant-and-its-keeper-in-india-franklin-2005-image-in-public-domain.jpgelephant-and-its-keeper-in-india-franklin-2005-image-in-public-domainHumans and elephants share 70% of the same DNA. (Franklin, 2005, image in public domain).https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/botanic-garden-and-botanical-museum-berlin-mauruszat-2006-image-in-public-domain.jpgbotanic-garden-and-botanical-museum-berlin-mauruszat-2006-image-in-public-domainA view within the Botanic Garden, Berlin. 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#FossilFriday2015-07-05T17:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/07/03/natsca-digital-digest-30/2015-07-02T20:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/06/25/natsca-digital-digest-29/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/natsca-birdy-num-num.jpgnatsca-birdy-num-numhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/scrawny-chick-judges-you.jpgscrawny-chick-judges-you2015-06-25T10:53:54+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/06/24/request-for-poster-submissions-for-bone-collections-conference/2015-06-24T13:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/06/18/natsca-digital-digest-28/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/natsca.jpgnatscahttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/natsca.pngNatSCA2015-06-18T13:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/06/15/lyme-regis-fossil-festival-and-collections-advocacy/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/alex-ball-and-his-team-from-the-imaging-lab-with-the-structured-light-3d-scanner.jpgAlex Ball and his team from the Imaging Lab with the structured light 3D scannerAlex Ball and his team from the Imaging Lab with the structured light 3D scanner (Image: Anthony Roach)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/luanne-meehitiya-exploring-curation-with-a-young-visitor-to-the-festival.jpgLuanne Meehitiya exploring curation with a young visitor to the festivalhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/members-of-the-life-sciences-team-from-the-amc-from-left-to-right-mike-jade-and-chloe-on-the-stand.jpgAMC teamMembers of the Life Sciences team from the AMC from left to right Mike, Jade and Chloe on the standhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lyme-regis-fossil-festival.jpgLyme Regis Fossil FestivalLyme Regis Fossil Festival in full swing (Image: Anthony Roach)2015-06-13T14:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/06/11/natsca-digital-digest-27/2015-06-11T09:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/06/04/introducing-the-new-conservation-representative-for-natsca/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/vicky_1-e1433453516805.jpgVicky_1https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn0188-e1433452316400.jpgDSCN01882015-06-05T12:20:49+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/06/04/natsca-digital-digest-26/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ndd-evileye.jpgNDD-EvilEye2015-06-04T13:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/06/02/natsca2015-the-aftermath/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bristol.jpgbristolA bright Friday morning in Bristol dawns for NatSCA 2015 (Image: David Gelsthorpe, via Twitter)2015-06-02T12:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/05/28/natsca-digital-digest-25/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/natsca-polar-bear.pngNatSCA polar bear2015-05-28T10:57:12+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/05/23/natsca-digital-digest-24/2015-05-23T09:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/05/18/the-hms-challenger-project-putting-the-voyage-back-together/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jar-containing-starfish-in-from-station-145-at-ramm.jpgJar containing starfish in from station 145 (at RAMM)Jar containing starfish in from station 145 (at RAMM)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/heather-working-at-bristol-museum.jpgHeather working at Bristol MuseumHeather working at Bristol Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bottom-sediment-from-bristol-museum.jpgBottom sediment (from Bristol Museum)Bottom sediment (from Bristol Museum)2015-05-16T11:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/05/14/natsca-digital-digest-23/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/coot.pngCoot2015-05-14T10:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/05/11/museums-unleashed-natsca2015/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/natsca2015.jpgNatSCA20152015-05-12T12:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/05/02/book-review-integrated-pest-management-for-cultural-heritage-2015/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pinniger-book-cover.jpgPinniger book cover2015-05-02T13:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/30/taxidermy-and-the-country-house-research-request/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/birdpic.jpgbirdpic2015-05-02T12:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/27/natsca-digital-digest-22/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mothdigest.pngmothdigest2015-04-27T10:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/27/how-the-beetles-changed-my-life/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/oil-beetle.jpgOil BeetleBlack Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amc.jpgAMCAngela Marmont Centre, NHM (London)2015-04-23T18:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/21/understanding-museum-taxidermy-construction-care-and-commissioning/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/taxidermy-day3.jpgtaxidermy day3https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/taxidermy-day2.jpgtaxidermy day2https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/taxidermy-day1.jpgtaxidermy day1Suffering taxidermy2015-04-19T18:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/18/a-tale-of-two-playing-cards/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gorilla-back.jpggorilla backGorilla playing card (Horniman Museum & Gardens)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gorilla-card.jpggorilla cardGorilla playing card (Horniman Museum & Gardens)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auk-mount.jpgauk mountMounted Great Auk specimen (Horniman Museum & Gardens)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/auk-card.jpgauk cardGreat Auk playing card (Horniman Museum & Gardens)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cards.jpgcardsVictorian playing cards featuring exotic species2015-04-18T07:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/17/natsca-digital-digest-21/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hectors-swallowtail-butterfly-extracting-nectar-from-flower.jpgHectors swallowtail butterfly extracting nectar from a flower. © Cláudio Timm2015-04-17T11:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/14/lets-not-forget-the-old-ways/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/capricorn-beetles-cerambyx-cerdo.jpgCapricorn Beetles (Cerambyx cerdo)Capricorn Beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) found at Plymouth University in 2007. Specimen is the first sighting of this species since 1947, and was donated to the museum. A short article was written for the local newspaper (link: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Giant-beetle-time-Plymouth-city-native/story-23139707-detail/story.html)2015-04-14T10:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/09/natsca-digital-digest-20/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/brontosaurus_skeleton_1880s.jpgBrontosaurus_skeleton_1880shttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chameleon.jpgChameleon2022-06-17T23:39:33+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/01/09/caring-for-entomology-collections-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image-3b-e1389285989907.jpgIMAGE-3bThe scarab beetle in the centre of this image shows how pins are used to manipulate the legs whilst the specimen is drying, after which it will maintain its shape.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image-2.jpgIMAGE 2The Digitisation Project is working to re-house entomology collections and give each specimen an individual QR code for fast and efficient data extraction.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image-1.jpgIMAGE-1This liquid nitrogen freezer is used to store organic material that would degrade at higher temperatures.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image-3-e1389285001390.jpgIMAGE-3The scarab beetle in the centre of this image shows how pins are used to manipulate the legs whilst the specimen is drying, after which it will maintain its shape.2018-08-10T07:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2013/10/28/your-collections-in-safe-hands/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/derma-shield1.jpgderma shieldhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/derma-shield.jpgderma shield2015-04-09T10:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/05/29/review-of-a-training-course-on-pesticides-and-the-latest-legislation/2015-04-09T10:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/08/bringing-the-dead-back-to-life-with-paolo-viscardi/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1024px-margay.jpgMargayBy Clément Bardot (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commonshttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image1.jpgPaolo at the Museum of Comparative Anatomy, Paris2015-04-08T11:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/04/review-of-john-scouler-c-1804-1871-scottish-naturalist-a-life-with-two-voyages/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pic-4.jpgPic 4Scouler’s salmon, Salmo scouleri, from John Richardson’s Fauna boreali-americanahttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pic-3.jpgPic 3Voyage of the Hudson Bay’s Company William & Ann, 1824-1826, based on the readings recorded in the ship’s log (red outward voyage 1824-1825; blue return voyage, 1825-1826)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pic-2.jpgPic 2The Andersonian Museum, which was curated by Scouler (by John Alexander Gilfillan, 1831)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pic-1.jpgpic 12015-04-02T12:51:38+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/04/02/natsca-digital-digest-19/2015-04-02T09:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/27/museumweek-on-twitter-whats-the-point/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/natscabristol2015_small.pngnatscabristol2015_smallhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/museumweek.pngMuseumWeek2015-03-26T11:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/26/natsca-digital-digest-18/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/binturong.jpgBinturongChill out with NatSCA's Digital Digest. Binturong (C) Emma-Louise Nicholls2015-03-25T18:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/19/natsca-digital-digest-17/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dornan.jpgFluid specimensLearn to care for fluid preserved specimen's on Simon Moore's coursse (Photo: Russell Dornan)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gorilla.jpggorillahttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ammonite.jpgammonitehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/7973737104_140430ee7d_z.jpg7973737104_140430ee7d_z2015-03-22T13:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/05/world-book-day/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0885.jpgAnimal SkullsA Guide to North American Species2015-03-17T21:03:31+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/13/natsca-digital-digest-16/2015-03-17T21:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/24/getting-funding-for-natural-science-collections/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/nick-poole-screenshot.jpgNick Poole screenshotNick Poole's advice on applying for grants2015-03-15T19:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/09/unidentified-not-unloved-on-new-species-and-stewardship/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/insect-drawer-2.jpginsect drawer 2Things organised neatly: Stewardship is the most important role of a curator2015-03-10T07:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/16/curating-a-deep-sea-fish-collection-at-glasgows-hunterian-museum/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-01-13-11-21-46.jpgCoryphaenoides leptolepishttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-01-13-09-07-43.jpgThe Hunterian's spirit collectionhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-01-12-10-17-05.jpgA toothy anglerfishhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-01-12-08-56-10.jpgHunterian Museum of Zoology, Glasgow University2015-03-09T13:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/03/05/natsca-digital-digest-15/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ceratarges-spinosus-trilobite-from-morocco.jpgCeratarges spinosus trilobite from Morocco2015-03-05T12:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/about-natsca/2017-08-31T23:23:14+00:00weekly0.6https://natsca.blog/2015/02/27/specimens-gone-forever/2015-02-27T11:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/02/19/collections-at-risk/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/8511393452_4e9739989f_z.jpg8511393452_4e9739989f_z2015-02-19T15:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/12/07/derby-museums-need-you/2015-02-18T12:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2015/01/21/museum-selfie-day/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_9955.jpgIMG_9955Our Chair looking Poe-faced with a Raven2015-01-21T15:32:36+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/11/17/the-financial-value-of-museum-objects/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rhino-sans-horn.jpgrhino-sans-hornTaxidermy rhino with the horn removed and sign explaining the problem of thefts from museum specimens. (Image by Dr John Hutchinson, 2013)2014-11-17T10:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/09/15/an-interview-with-the-next-generation/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sam-m-skeleton.jpgsam-m-skeletonSam's mounted swallowhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/melanie-skulls.jpgmelanie-skullsMelanie's owl skulls.2014-10-06T16:23:38+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/09/15/the-perils-of-potholing-get-well-soon-julian-carter/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/jc-large.jpgjc-largeJules receiving the Special Service Award at SPNHC20142014-09-15T17:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/09/10/charles-jamrach-exotic-animal-collector/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/charles-jamrach-shop.pngCharles-Jamrach-Shop2014-09-10T18:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/09/05/100-years-aboard-the-ark/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fixed-ebony2-4.pngfixed-ebony2-4Left: The ‘Bird Room’, Hancock Museum (c.1966) © Archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, Great North Museum: Hancock; Right: 'Bio-Wall' display (detail) featuring 'Sparkie' the budgerigar (centre bottom), from 'Living Planet', Great North Museum: Hancock (2011). © Image by the author.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ebony2-4.pngebony2-4https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ebony1-3.pngebony1-3Left: An 'escapee' taxidermied grey wolf on the fringe of the 'Living Planet' gallery, Great North Museum: Hancock (2010). © Image by the author; Right: 'Abel's Ark', Hancock Museum (c.2004). © Archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, Great North Museum: Hancock.2014-09-10T18:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/09/04/accessing-staffordshire-lepidoptera/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mark-ashby_joanne-okeeffe_lindsay-selmes_201311.jpgmark ashby_joanne okeeffe_lindsay selmes_201311Mark Ashby, Joanne O'Keeffe and Lindsay Selmes, Staffordshire University MSc student volunteers sorting lepidoptera.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/prism-cabinet-drawers_201310.jpgPRISM cabinet drawers_201310Lycaenidae being arranged in the new drawers.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/prism-cabinets_201310_2.jpgPRISM cabinets_201310_2The 4 insect cabinets installed in biology store2014-09-04T09:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/09/03/and-the-winner-is/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/grant-quagga.jpgQuagga at the GrantThe specimen of the quagga at the Grant Museum.2014-09-03T19:09:58+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/08/29/after-visiting-the-recent-natural-history-museum-community-conference-in-july-spnch-2014-cardiff-mark-carnall-reflects-on-what-the-sector-internationally-is-thinking-and-doing-and-in-part/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/c-ucl-gmz-matt-clayton029.jpg(C) UCL GMZ + Matt Clayton029Primate skeletons in the Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL ©UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology and Matt Clayton2014-08-29T14:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/08/28/natsca-digital-digest-14/2014-08-28T09:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/08/14/curating-biocultural-collections-a-review/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/font-cover.pngFont-coverFront Coverhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/example-of-images.pngExample-of-imagesExamples of Images2014-08-19T13:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/08/19/science-and-museums-with-erica-mcalister/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/flygirlnhm_atthegrant.jpgflygirlnhm_atthegrantErica McAlister visits the Grant Museum2014-08-19T12:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/23/should-museums-charge-for-enquiries/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/92040-that-belongs-in-a-museum-gif-i-ahr4.gifYep. That's me. Just telling that lady who asked about the auction house what she should really do with it. (From here.)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/leopard-tooth.jpgAn enquiry which led to a donation and some pretty potentially exciting research.https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cersei2535.gifAh, the delightfully kind and gentle Queen Cersei from Game of Thrones, showing little Finger that 'power is power'. (From here). To watch the full scene click here)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/crab_louse_251_23_female_from_a_human_host.jpgEerily beautiful. The crab louse, from a human host. This little critter likes to live in human hair. A straong reminder to read emails carefully before clicking 'send'. Another bad example of clicking too quick was for a job application where I meant to type 'inconviencene', but spell check changed it to 'incontinence'. I never heard back about that job. (Image from here)2014-07-23T12:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/18/adaptating-to-change/2014-07-18T07:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/11/lepidoptera-project/2014-07-18T06:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/16/tetrapod-zoology-conference-part-one/2022-11-05T19:42:31+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/14/uses-of-natural-history-collections-natsca2014-meeting/2014-07-14T07:47:14+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/09/digitisation/2014-07-09T07:56:08+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/07/data-less-natural-science-specimens-are-useless-to-science-arent-they/2014-07-07T08:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/04/advocacy-for-collections-spnhc2014-day-three/2014-07-05T10:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/07/03/natsca-digital-digest-13/2014-07-03T07:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/30/highlights-of-day-two-spnhc2014/2014-07-02T12:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/25/talks-and-workshops-day-one-spnhc2014/2014-06-28T08:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/23/a-field-trip-to-the-heritage-coast-spnhc2014/2014-06-23T22:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/21/an-audience-with-lyuba-the-mammoths-come-to-london/2014-06-22T09:09:33+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/19/autism-and-museums/2014-06-20T09:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/16/vikings-life-and-legend-a-review/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/viking-roskilde-6.jpgViking-Roskilde-62014-06-16T08:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/03/new-loose-taxidermy-storage-at-canterbury-museums/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-03_after2.png2014-06-03_after2https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-03_after1.jpg2014-06-03_after1https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-03_before.png2014-06-03_beforehttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-03_cut-foam.jpg2014-06-03_cut-foamhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-03_birds.jpg2014-06-03_birds2014-06-13T08:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/12/natsca-digital-digest-12/2014-06-12T21:41:38+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/06/12/night-at-the-museum-uni-week/2014-06-12T10:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/05/29/natsca-digital-digest-11/2014-05-29T07:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/05/23/collecting-biological-specimens-essential-to-science-and-conservation/2014-05-23T11:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/05/08/natsca-digital-digest-10/2014-05-08T07:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/05/01/natsca-digital-digest-9/2014-05-01T07:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/04/24/natsca-digital-digest-8/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lducz-x1086_img1-rhamphorhynchus_crassirostris-cast.jpgLDUCZ-X1086_IMG1 - Rhamphorhynchus_crassirostris-casthttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/peacock-eggs.jpgPeacock butterfly eggs. © John Bebbington FRPSPeacock butterfly eggs. © John Bebbington FRPS2014-04-25T09:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/04/25/is-it-ever-acceptable-for-museums-to-lie/2014-04-25T09:02:38+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/04/23/become-a-member-of-natsca-today/2014-04-23T14:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/04/17/natsca-digital-digest-3/2014-04-17T09:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/04/10/natsca-digital-digest-2/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140410_092736.jpgIf you think our platy is a fatty, you should see the one at Eton! Specimen LDUCZ-Z20 (C) UCL / Grant MuseumIf you think our platy is a fatty, you should see the one at Eton! Specimen LDUCZ-Z20 (C) UCL / Grant Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lducz-y86_img8-raphus_cucullatus-cast.jpgA representative of extinction- the dodo head cast. Specimen LDUCZ-Y86 (C) UCL / Grant Museum2014-04-16T10:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/04/03/natsca-digital-digest-7/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lducz-z2724_img1-smilodon-cast.jpgTo care for and manage our collections, Freedman explains why it's best to ask each other for help. The smilodon cast LDUCZ-Z2724 at the Grant Museum of Zoology. (C) UCL / Grant Museum of ZoologyTo care for and manage our collections, Freedman explains why it's best to ask each other for help. The smilodon cast LDUCZ-Z2724 at the Grant Museum of Zoology. (C) UCL / Grant Museum of Zoologyhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1880s-museum.jpgThe Grant Museum as it was in the 1880s. (C) UCL / Grant Museum of ZoologyThe Grant Museum as it was in the 1880s. (C) UCL / Grant Museum of Zoology2014-04-03T08:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/03/27/natsca-digital-digest-6/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rhino.jpgRhinohttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/editor5807-image-free-from-copyright.jpgEditor5807. Image free from copyright2014-03-27T09:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/03/28/one-of-our-dinosaurs-birds-crabs-is-missing/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1060696.jpgGood old object movement tickets. They still work when the servers don’t. (C) UCL Grant Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1060695.jpgA page from one of the Grant Museum loan books. Note how some of the unnumbered ‘Dog skulls’ don’t appear to have a return date. SAD SMILEY FACE. (C) UCL Grant MuseumA page from one of the Grant Museum loan books. Note how some of the unnumbered ‘Dog skulls’ don’t appear to have a return date. SAD SMILEY FACE. (C) UCL Grant Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/teaching-cab-pest-damage-2.jpgPest damage to entomology collections results in the disintegration of specimens. (C) UCL Grant Museumhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/biin2arceaekmni-large.jpgA great example of the kind of handwriting you can expect to find on older specimens. Diplommyotns, Diplomyctus, Diplonijotus, Diplonnystus? Suggestions on a postcard please. (C) UCL Grant MuseumA great example of the kind of handwriting you can expect to find on older specimens. Diplommyotns, Diplomyctus, Diplonijotus, Diplonnystus? Suggestions on a postcard please. (C) UCL Grant Museum2014-03-28T13:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/03/26/jakes-bones-a-review/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140204_111255.jpgJake's Bones (C) Paolo ViscardiJake's Bones (C) Paolo Viscardi2014-03-26T16:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2013/12/09/natural-history-under-the-hammer/2014-03-26T09:19:36+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/03/06/natsca-digital-digest/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lducz-non1475_img1-bothriolepis-fossil.jpgLDUCZ-NON1475_IMG1 - Bothriolepis-fossilhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20120927_121709.jpgDouble prep dog from the Horniman Museum. (C) Paolo Viscardi and NatSCA2014-03-26T09:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/03/13/natsca-digital-digest-4/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lducz-z1637_img04-melursus_ursinus-skeleton.jpgLDUCZ-Z1637_IMG04 - Melursus_ursinus-Skeletonhttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lducz-z1637_img01-melursus_ursinus-skeleton.jpgLDUCZ-Z1637_IMG01 - Melursus_ursinus-Skeleton2014-03-26T08:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/03/20/natsca-digital-digest-5/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/robert-stainforth.jpgThe galleries at Tring Museum. Image by Robert Stainforth. Obtained from www.commons.wikimedia.orghttps://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20130526sds_170953.jpg20130526sds_1709532014-03-26T08:57:44+00:00monthlyhttps://natsca.blog/2014/03/24/recreating-the-past-in-lego/https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cdsvasd.jpgAn Ice Age animal, a sabre-toothed cat, made from LEGO bricks. (C) Julian Wright (HCCAMS)An Ice Age animal, a sabre-toothed cat, made from LEGO bricks. (C) Julian Wright (HCCAMS)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/giantmoa1.jpgLeg bones, gizzard stones and a replica egg of a giant moa. (C) Julian Wright (HCCAMS)Leg bones, gizzard stones and a replica egg of a giant moa. (C) Julian Wright (HCCAMS)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iceageanimals2.jpgBones and teeth of Ice Age animals. (C) Julian Wright (HCCAMS)Bones and teeth of Ice Age animals. (C) Julian Wright (HCCAMS)https://natsca.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/moa.jpgGiant moa made from LEGO bricks. (C) Julian Wright (HCCAMS)Giant moa made from LEGO bricks. 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