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7 Jul 2024: Search site. Gatekeeper. Pictured: gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus. Notes from Jenyns: Common in hedges & grassy lanes, particularly about Ely. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change. Modern records. This species is still common and widespread

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Large White. Pictured: large white, Pieris brassicae. Notes from Jenyns: Common everywhere: the larvae on cabbages in the Autumn. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Probable decline. Modern records. Today, as in Jenyns’ time, this

7 Jul 2024: Search site. NEW Summer Artwork Exhibition: Evolution as inspiration open until 15 September 2019.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. small white. Pictured: small white, Pieris rapae. Notes from Jenyns: Common everywhere: the larvae is partial to the mignonette, which it often strips of its leaves. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Probable decline. Modern records.

7 Jul 2024: But how and why do these features evolve? Modern and fossil specimens from the museum collections join with scientific discoveries – including new research at the University of Cambridge – to reveal how

7 Jul 2024: Search site. orange-tip. Pictured: orange-tip, Anthocharis cardamines. Notes from Jenyns: Common in May & June in the neighbourhood of Bottisham & Ely, but most chiefly the male Insect. The female I have but seldom taken. 200-year trend in

7 Jul 2024: Using our new found skills, we explore the animals within the gallery and begin to identify and group animals by looking at their teeth.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. wood white. Pictured: wood white, Leptidea sinapis. Notes from Jenyns: Taken in Whitewood & Gamlingay Wood, by J.C. Dale, Esq. “ Taken in the evening by the side of a wood at Stapleford, in July, three specimens.” Mr Lee. 200-year

7 Jul 2024: Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Wed, 31/01/2024 - 13:47. On February 1st 2024 we are opening a new exhibition ‘Growing a backbone: Rise of the vertebrates’ – this exhibition is ... A new display includes a huge baleen plate, reaching almost four

7 Jul 2024: Includes associated News and Views article. Saupe, E.E., Farnsworth, A., Lunt, D.J., Sagoo, N., Pham, K.V., Field, D.J. ... Nature 526: 569-573. doi:10.1038/nature15697. Includes associated News and Views article. Bever, G.S., Lyson, T.R., Field, D.J.,

7 Jul 2024: Search site. University Museum of Zoology Highlights Tour with Jack Ashby. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Bath white. Pictured: Bath white, Pontia daplidice. Notes from Jenyns: Taken formerly near Cambridge, by a collector in the time of Ray of the name of Vernon, and recorded in Raj. Hist. Insect. 116. No. 10. A faded specimen was also

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Zoology Live! 2020 – goes digital. Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Mon, 08/06/2020 - 12:19. Zoology Live! is back: 4pm EVERY day Mon 22 June to Fri 26 June, plus  11 - 4pm on Sat 27 June. Zoology Live! is an annual celebration of all

7 Jul 2024: Professor Kilner has spent her academic career at the Department of Zoology in Cambridge, though fieldwork has taken her to Australia, New Zealand, and New York State as well as to

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Dr Emily Mitchell - Curator of Non-Insect Invertebrates. My research investigates the role of ecological processes on evolution through deep-time, from the first animal communities of the Ediacaran, to the present. The first animal

7 Jul 2024: Search site. adonis blue. Pictured: adonis blue, Polyommatus bellargus. Notes from Jenyns: This species is not mentioned in Jenyns’ notebooks. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Recent increase. Modern records. Jenyns does not record this species

7 Jul 2024: All tetrapod taxa and specimens from the Scottish localities are new to science, and the Museum has multiple holotypes and other material under study.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Make, Do and Mend by Elspeth Owen with Sally Connie Todd. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. small blue. Pictured: small blue, Cupido minimus. Notes from Jenyns: Occurs on the Devil’s Ditch sparingly; Beginning of June. Gogmagog Hills. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Decline (but numbers may be on the rise again). Modern

7 Jul 2024: Search site. common blue. Pictured: common blue, Polyommatus icarus. Notes from Jenyns: Common everywhere. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Slight decline. Modern records. This species is still widespread and common throughout the county. Together

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Animal Key Trail for ages 11-14 or EFL students. Animal Key Trail for ages 11-14 or EFL students. animal_key_trail_for_ages_11-14_or_efl_students.pdf (7.51 MB). 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Molluscs. The mollusc collection contains upward of 100,000 lots (probably representing a few million specimens) and is generally thought to be the largest in Britain after those in the three national museums in London, Cardiff and

7 Jul 2024: Search site. wall brown. Pictured: wall brown, Lasiommata megera. Notes from Jenyns: Common everywhere. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Decline. Modern records. This once common species is now nationally a cause for concern, with declines being

7 Jul 2024: Search site. small copper. Pictured: small copper, Lycaena phlaeas. Notes from Jenyns: Common in most parts of the County. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Decline. Modern records. Today the species is still widely distributed across the country

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Small heath. Pictured: small heath, Coenonympha pamphilus. Notes from Jenyns: Common thro’ out the County on heaths, & open meadows. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Decline. Modern records. This species is still common in

7 Jul 2024: A major new British Bird Gallery opened in February 2020, displaying over 200 species of British birds, each of them displayed amongst their natural habitat.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. The large skipper. Pictured: large skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus. Notes from Jenyns: lanes near Ely, Bottisham fen, & elsewhere, common. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change. Modern records. The large skipper is thought to have

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Large heath. Pictured: large heath, Coenonympha tullia. Notes from Jenyns: This species is not mentioned in Jenyns’ notebooks. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: No change. Modern records. This species is confined to wet, boggy

7 Jul 2024: However, there has been a recent expansion into new areas in the north of the county, including brownfield and mineral extraction sites, but also some well-established nature reserves where butterfly

7 Jul 2024: Search site. holly blue. Pictured: holly blue, Celastrina argiolus. Notes from Jenyns: Two specimens taken in a garden at Great Swaffham, May 1828. Taken on the Chestnut Trees by Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, by J.C.Dale, Esq. “Abundant

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Scotch argus. Pictured: scotch argus, Erebia aethiops. Notes from Jenyns: This species is not mentioned in Jenyns’ notebooks. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: No change. Modern records. As in Jenyns’ day, the scotch argus cannot be

7 Jul 2024: Search site. The small skipper. Pictured: small skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris. Notes from Jenyns: On the Devil’s Ditch sparingly: more plentiful in Swaffham fen. Barrington Hill. Cherry Hinton. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. The Essex skipper. Pictured: Essex skipper, Thymelicus lineola. Notes from Jenyns: this species is not mentioned in Jenyns’ notebooks. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Hard to tell as it was discovered after Jenyns lived in the county

7 Jul 2024: Search site. brown argus. Pictured: brown argus, Aricia agestis. Notes from Jenyns: Devils Ditch, in tolerable plenty. Occurs also near Ely. Gogmagog Hills. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Increase. Modern records. The phrase ‘tolerable

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Meadow brown. Pictured: meadow brown, Maniola jurtina. Notes from Jenyns: Common everywhere. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change or slight decline (although falling numbers have been reported across the UK, it is still one

7 Jul 2024: Search site. red admiral. Pictured: red admiral, Vanessa atalanta. Notes from Jenyns: Common at Bottisham & Ely, in the latter part of the summer, & on till late in the Autumn. Is much attracted by ripe fruit, particularly mulberries. 200-year trend

7 Jul 2024: Search site. mazarine blue. Pictured: mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus. Notes from Jenyns: Taken in Gamlingay Wood by J.C. Dale, Esq. Hatley & Madingley Woods. Mr Aikin. Horningsea. E.L.Layard. “One specimen, a female, taken at Stapleford in a

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Across the Continents Project. The Across the Continents project helps you to explore modern habitat change with your students, using a range of resources created with the UK National Curriculum in mind. Developed in partnership with

7 Jul 2024: sites. Although there has been some recent expansion into new areas, particularly in the north of the county in brownfield sites and brickpits with abundant hot bare ground, it would certainly

7 Jul 2024: Search site. large blue. Pictured: large blue, Phengaris arion. Notes from Jenyns: This species is not mentioned in Jenyns’ notebooks. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: No change. Modern records. The large blue is not mentioned in Jenyns’

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Speckled wood. Pictured: speckled wood, Pararge aegeria. Notes from Jenyns: Frequent in the neighbourhoods of Ely & Bottisham. Taken also near Rampton by J.C. Dale, Esq. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Increase (following a rapid

7 Jul 2024: Search site. chalkhill blue. Pictured: chalkhill blue, Polyommatus coridon. Notes from Jenyns: Found in profusion on the Devil’s Ditch in July; also in Hinton Chalkpits & on Alington Hill. The females appear later than the males, & are much less

7 Jul 2024: Search site. painted lady. Pictured: painted lady, Vanessa cardui. Notes from Jenyns: Common in certain seasons, & at such times pretty generally distributed, but in others wholly unknown. In 1826, it was particularly abundant in the neighbourhood

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Artist needed for Zoology Live! Animal Connections project. Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Wed, 29/05/2024 - 12:40. We are seeking an artist to work with us at Zoology Live!, our annual family day event on June 22nd 2024. Deadline to

7 Jul 2024: Search site. green hairstreak. Pictured: green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi. Notes from Jenyns: Taken at Fen Ditton by J.C. Dale, Esq. Said to have been seen also at Cherry Hinton. “Found in plenty (neighbourhood of Cambridge) hovering over the

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Jenyns' Fenland Project. Leonard Jenyns was an important naturalist of the 19th century and lived in Cambridgeshire for much of his life, making observations and collecting specimens from the local area. A large amount of the material

7 Jul 2024: Search site. white admiral. Pictured: white admiral, Limenitis camilla. Notes from Jenyns: I am informed by Mr Layard that this species has been taken at Stapleford. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change. Modern records. The vague nature

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Lulworth skipper. Pictured: Lulworth skipper, Thymelicus acteon. Notes from Jenyns: This species is not mentioned in Jenyns’ notebooks. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: No change. Modern records. The Lulworth skipper is restricted to

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Heath fritillary. Pictured: heath fritillary, Melitaea athalia. Notes from Jenyns: This species is not mentioned in Jenyns’ notebooks. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change. Modern records. This species is not mentioned by

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Cambridge Histology Collection. Cambridge Histology Collection. Histologically sectioned vertebrate specimens at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Since the 19th century and continuing to this day, a tried-and-true technique