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7 Jul 2024: Search site. Ringlet. Pictured: ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus. Notes from Jenyns: Not unfrequent at Bottisham & in grassy lanes about Ely. Taken also in Whitewood by J.C. Dale, Esq. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change, possible slight

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Grayling. Pictured: grayling, Hipparchia semele. Notes from Jenyns: Found on Newmarket Heath & the Devils Ditch in profusion every year, first showing itself about the beginning of July. Also on Gamlingay Heath; & in Ray’s time, (Raj.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Early Years Sessions. Our early-years sessions use story-telling and tactile activities to bring the Museum collection to life! Suitable for ages 2-5, the sessions last for 45 minutes and take place in the Museum gallery.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Commercial value of bivalves. People have used the flesh and shells of bivalves for thousands of years. Numerous species of bivalves are exploited commercially for food. Larger clams are harvested for chowder. Oysters are considered a

7 Jul 2024: Search site. When is a cow not a cow? When it’s a Moostery Sculpture. Submitted by Sara Steele on Mon, 02/08/2021 - 16:40. Across the city, Cows about Cambridge is in full swing, with 44 large decorated cow sculptures to find on this public art

7 Jul 2024: Sir David enjoyed an extensive tour of our fantastic new state-of-the-art stores, which are still being fitted as part of our £1.8m HLF funded refurbishment.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Janus Forms. Janus Forms by Mella Shaw. These ceramic forms have two equal and opposite sides, calling to mind the fragile balance of ecosystems. The highly polished, smooth surface has a patina resulting from traditional smoke-firing,

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Making-Do. Image credit Elspeth Owen. MAKING-DO BY ELSPETH OWEN. Broken pieces. Shards of clay. After the splintering, fragments cry out to be put back together again. Just lying there, the shards provoke a longing to repair, to mend,

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Jenyns' Insect Collection. Jenyns’ Insect Collection: Take a look at the wildlife of Cambridgeshire’s past. Leonard Jenyns lived in Cambridgeshire during the 1800s and he spent much of his time observing and recording the local

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Summer 2019 exhibition 'Evolution as Inspiration' introduction. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Introduction to the 2019 exhibition by Jonathan Kingdon. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. This field enables you to search for a specimens by common name(s), where available. Currently, common names are available for all recent mammals and birds from the U.K. Other search operators are available that enable different ways to

7 Jul 2024: Search site. This field enables you to search for a specimens from a particular geographic locality. In cases where locality data is obviously incomplete, or includes names no longer in current usage, localities may be enhanced. All enhancements are

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Case-insensitive and works on whole words, so male does not match with Femail. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. This field enables you to search for the year in which the specimen was first recorded. The field is a composite of field collection, museum acquisition and accession dates. Enter the year as a four digit number but you also have the

7 Jul 2024: g. 27/Tur/17/b/1). In 2000, a new universal numbering system, based on the year of accession, was introduced.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Goblin Shark. Rarely seen or caught. Rarely seen or caught, the Pink Goblin Shark lives at great depths of around 1300m. Of all shark species, this one stands out due to its long spade-like nose. This is covered in tiny pits that detect

7 Jul 2024: Search site. This field enables you to search for a specimen, or group of specimens, by scientific name(s) (i.e. order, family, genus, species). The search will include all current scientific names used in the catalogues but in many cases generic

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Mammoth Dung. It's big and pooey. Big dung must come from a big animal! Now extinct, the Columbian Mammoth was huge, weighing almost as much as a double decker bus. This poo is around 15,000 years old, so don't worry the smell has long

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Komodo Dragon. The largest lizards on Earth. Komodo Dragons are lizards - the largest living lizards on Earth and they can reach an impressive 3 m long. The Komodo Dragon lives only on certain Indonesian islands. They are dominant

7 Jul 2024: Search site. More highlights. Don't miss these either. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Goliath Beetle. Amongst the largest insects in the world. Goliath Beetles are among the largest insects in the world. They are also very strong, being able to lift a load around 850 times heavier than their own weight. Adults possess a

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Python Skeleton. Jaws open wider than their bodies. Pythons can eat large animals as their jaws open much wider than their bodies. They kill their food by squeezing it tight, then they swallow it whole. Pythons eat lots of different

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Research. Research. The Collections are open to scientists and students for the purpose of non-commercial, scientific research. Requests to visit the collection should be made with as much advanced notice as possible, either in writing

7 Jul 2024: Search site. The finishing touches. Submitted by Heather Lane on Fri, 23/03/2018 - 16:33. We've been busy this weekend, putting the finishing touches to the Lower Gallery displays, ready to welcome our first visitors since 2013 on Tuesday morning.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Self-led Resources for Schools. If our Learning Team is unavailable, or you do not want a taught session in the Museum, a self-led visit may be available. Booking is required for self-led visits. Please choose the self-led option on the

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Eight weeks to go! Submitted by Heather Lane on Tue, 01/05/2018 - 21:41. With less than two months before the Museum relaunches with the Zoology Live! Festival, it's getting pretty busy as we install our birds, reptiles, fish, molluscs

7 Jul 2024: Tell us what you think. This is a brand new resource made especially for teachers!

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Insects:. Studies estimate that insects represent more than 50% of species known today. Click a group below to find out more about the most diverse group of animals on the planet! Beetles (Coleoptera):. Dragonflies and Damselflies

7 Jul 2024: Even more bulky is the collection of bones of moas, the huge extinct flightless birds of New Zealand.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Asian Elephant. Nine feet tall and a film star. Have you seen the director's cut of the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey? If you have, you will have seen our Asian Elephant, which appeared in the opening sequence. Close

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Common Kingfisher. Watch out little fishes. This pretty little bird with its sharply pointed bill, has wonderful eyesight underwater. They don't need swimming goggles, they just dive in and catch their dinner. Young Kingfishers are

7 Jul 2024: Search site. New Exhibition starts 31 July 2018: The Art of Taxidermy.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Duke of Burgundy. Pictured: Duke of Burgundy, Hamearis lucina. Notes from Jenyns: Found by Mr Vernon about Cambridge, in the time of Ray (Raj. Ins. 122. no. 12.) but not observed since. Has occurred at Anglesea Abbey. 200-year trend in

7 Jul 2024: These include the Willey Collection (1897) from New Britain and New Guinea, the Collections of the Skeat Expedition to the Malay Peninsula (1899), the Percy Sladen Collection from the Seychelles (1909),

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Borrowing specimens. Requests for loans of specimens, or for renewals of loans, should be made in advance and in writing (including email) to the Collections Manager and relevant Curator. If issued, loans are made to the institution

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Recent vertebrates. Recent vertebrates. Our collections of recent vertebrates provide an unusually comprehensive coverage of all living groups and are therefore a powerful resource for broad comparative research and teaching. The

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Port Jackson Shark. Can grow as long as a bath tub. Watch out all clams, oysters and crabs - this shark is out to crush you with its powerful jaws. It can grow as long as a bathtub, but we hope you won't find one in yours! 2024

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Attached bivalves. Many bivalves neither burrow nor bore into the substrate but are permanently attached to it. These animals are suspension feeders, filtering food particles out of the water around them. For those living in the

7 Jul 2024: Search site. The Jenyns Beetle Voyage Project. Looking to the past to guide conservation for the future. Conversion of natural habitats to agriculture is the primary driver of biodiversity loss worldwide and in many countries is still continuing at

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Swallowtail Butterfly. Rare and beautiful. This beautiful butterfly, once common in the Cambridgeshire Fens, is now only seen on the Norfolk Broads. Although it's the largest British butterfly, you will need to be in the right place at

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Leonard Jenyns. A publication co-edited by the Museum’s Curator of Malacology, Dr. Richard Preece, with Prof Tim Sparks, highlights an important collection relating to Rev. Leonard Jenyns, a contemporary of Charles Darwin:. Fauna

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Giant Ground Sloth. As tall as a Giraffe. As tall as a Giraffe and much heavier than a Grizzly Bear, the Giant Ground Sloth really is a giant! It is one of the largest mammals to ever walk the Earth. If you had visited South America

7 Jul 2024: Search site. BioBlitz 2019. Bioblitz with the Museum of Zoology, Saturday 27- Sunday 28 April 12 noon – 12 noon. Join us as we explore the Botanic Garden for wildlife, counting as many species as we can in 24 hours. Book onto a wildlife workshop

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Contact Us. Contact Us. Email: umzc@zoo.cam.ac.uk. Telephone: 01223 336650. Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge. CB2 3EJ. Who are the Museum Team? We are a group of people passionate about Zoology! Our curators are all

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Darwin's Beetle Box. Collected by Charles Darwin himself. Rarely attending lectures when he studied at Cambridge, Darwin was more likely to be out beetling! Darwin's Beetles Box. Darwin was an enthusiastic beetle collector and amassed a

7 Jul 2024: from New Guinea.

7 Jul 2024: Visitors may also be surprised to find a chicken amongst the reptiles in the new displays. ... The new birds and reptiles displays are now open at the University Museum of Zoology.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Support Us. We need your support to conserve and display our collection. Supporting the Museum. The support that we receive from a wide range of donations and grants plays a vital role in enabling the University Museum of Zoology to

7 Jul 2024: our new activities.