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4 Jul 2024: Search site. Bridging Binaries Tour at the Museum of Zoology. 2024 University of Cambridge.

4 Jul 2024: Wilder review: A compelling look at how lost species are restored.New Scientist, 3rd August 2022. ... Ashby, J., 2011. Order from Chaos: The new Grant Museum of Zoology, University College London.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Protecting your personal information. Data Protection. The Museum of Zoology uses your personal information to keep booking records and to keep in touch with you about your visit to the Museum. We do not share your information with

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Professor Rebecca Kilner - Director. I've spent my academic career based at the Zoology Department in Cambridge, though during that time I've held visiting fellowships at the Australian National University and Cornell University, when I

4 Jul 2024: Plus many visitors will not have seen the new British Bird gallery, which opened in February 2020, just prior to the first lockdown.

4 Jul 2024: To celebrate the opening of the new University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, Sir David Attenborough and Liz Bonnin held an 'in conversation' discussion.

4 Jul 2024: Visitor feedback on the new galleries has been overwhelmingly positive. Exciting times indeed!’. ... We are very excited to see just how many people continue to visit throughout the rest of this first year of our new existence.’.

4 Jul 2024: From hedgehogs to starlings and hibernating insects, all winter wildlife will be celebrated in the Museum of Zoology’s new ‘The 12 Days of Winter Wildlife’ event.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Job Opportunity - Assistant Conservator. Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:21. The University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge is seeking a full-time fixed-term Assistant Conservator. The post-holder will provide practical

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Research areas. The curatorial and research interests of the Museum staff are closely linked. Our curators' research interests include systematics, ecology, evolution, and palaeontology. Molecular techniques and modern scanning methods

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Grand Safari: Pop Up Stand and Trail. We have partnered with Cambridge's Grand Arcade as they go on safari, with a display of 15 giant animals made entirely from bricks - promising an immersive and unforgettable experience for visitors

4 Jul 2024: museum_guide_highlights_2022.pdf (2.1 MB). NEW Museum Guide & Highlights 2023. We have updated our Museum Guide in October 2023, to include the huia bird - come to the Museum,

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Lifestyle of a bivalve mollusc. Lifestyle of a bivalve mollusc. Most bivalve molluscs are filter feeders, using their gills to capture particles of food from the surrounding water. Bivalves have a range of lifestyles. Some burrow into

4 Jul 2024: The Museum’s new exhibits explore stories of conservation, extinction, survival, evolution and discovery.

4 Jul 2024: and works across platforms and emerging media. She provides story consultancy and the development of new strategies and creative intervention to support the preservation of identity, culture and heritage and to

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Resources for schools. School Resources. A series of school loans boxes have been developed alongside the DDF Bivalve Mollusc project, containing specimens, suggested activities and information resources. These are free for schools to

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Callum Good - Museum Events & Bookings Assistant. As Museum Events and Bookings Assistant at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, I am responsible for the booking, organisation, and administration of private venue hire, private

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Histories. Histories. The 'Histories'. The primary historical record associated with the collections are the ‘Histories’, containing correspondence and documentation relating to the acquisition and use of the collections from 1819

4 Jul 2024: Creating a series of interactive live interviews was a new approach for us and the viewing numbers far exceeded our expectations.’.

4 Jul 2024: Happy LGBTQ+ History Month! At the Museum, we’re proud to announce that one of the ways we’re celebrating is to launch our new permanent trail, Pride in Nature, which ... That’s what this new trail does. People might wonder what natural history has

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Highlights of the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. March 2020. 2024 University of Cambridge.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Harvest. HARVEST by Mella Shaw. Slip-cast, press-moulded and smoke-fired ceramics, 2017/18 Across the globe the seabed is littered with ceramic vessels left there by thousands of years of human history – but in recent decades, plastic,

4 Jul 2024: Cambridge zoology researchers will be talking about the behaviour of the New Zealand hihi bird, and how the brains of fruit flies develop.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Museum Conservator writes for Sea Watch Foundation. Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 12:08. Imogen Cavadino, one of our Conservators, has written a blog about the care and display of cetacean skeletons (such as our Fin

4 Jul 2024: Furthermore, if the original specimen is altered by the protocol, the researcher must return to the UMZC the specimen in its new form, well-documented and prepared for permanent accession. ... CRL, HL, body mass) of the original, as well as details on

4 Jul 2024: Myanmar. Namibia. Nauru. Nepal. Netherlands. Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia. New Zealand. ... Would you like to be kept up to date with news and events from the Museum?

4 Jul 2024: Modern records. This species is still widespread and common across the county and as Jenyns says, is often one of the first butterflies that will appear in the new year.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Lisa Sneath - Business and Visitor Services Manager. Lisa Sneath - Business and Visitor Services Manager. 2024 University of Cambridge.

4 Jul 2024: Having spent seven years working on bird conservation in New Zealand, much of her recent work includes references to birds and the challenges they face.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Dr Roz Wade - Senior Learning & Engagement Coordinator. Dr Roz Wade - Senior Learning & Engagement Coordinator. 2024 University of Cambridge.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. From Darwin to dodos: Guided tour of the Museum of Zoology. Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these

4 Jul 2024: Search site. From Darwin to Dodos: Guided Tour of the Museum of Zoology. Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these

4 Jul 2024: Search site. FROM DARWIN TO DODOS: GUIDED TOUR OF THE MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY. Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these

4 Jul 2024: Search site. From Darwin to dodos: Guided tour of the Museum of Zoology. Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these

4 Jul 2024: We will continue to share stories, news and information about all things zoological, and we hope that you will share your animal related stories with us too.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. lesser_redpollscuniversity_of_cambridge.jpg. 2024 University of Cambridge.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Sir David Attenborough in conversation with Liz Bonnin. 2024 University of Cambridge.

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

4 Jul 2024: Search site. This field enables you to search for specimens from a particular geological age or from a stratigraphic horizon (e.g. Late Permian or Kawinga Formation). The field is not case sensitive and you may enter one or more words. 2024

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge. During his famous voyage on the Beagle, he regularly sent back specimens to his old teacher, Professor Henslow. Some of these specimens, including some

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Monkey face patterns by Jonathan Kingdon. 2024 University of Cambridge.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. british_birds_at_david_attenborough_building_cuniversity_of_cambridge.jpg. 2024 University of Cambridge.

4 Jul 2024: Search site. From Darwin to dodos: Guided tour of the Museum of Zoology. Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Animal Afterlives. Alexandra Murphy: www.acm-photo.com. This exhibition has now finished. Animal Afterlives: a photography exhibition on taxidermy by Alexandra Murphy. Natural history museums display and store preserved animals in such

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Wonderful Wetland Wildlife - Family Activity Day. Join us as we look under the microscope at some aquatic wildlife, plus help us to make a HUGE zoology themed paper chain! We'll have our specimen handling table out too, so come along

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Join us for our Zoology Live! Festival 23/24 June. Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Tue, 05/06/2018 - 12:39. Zoology Live! Festival. Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June 2018. To celebrate the Museum opening we are having a whole weekend of

4 Jul 2024: Search site. comma. Pictured: comma, Polygonia c-album. Notes from Jenyns: “Found in the vicinity of Stapleford, in July & August, 1842,” by Mr Lee, “but not in great plenty.”. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Increase. Modern records. The

4 Jul 2024: I was recently a member of the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (AHOB) project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, which over the last 10 years has shed much new light on

4 Jul 2024: Search site. Monarch. Pictured: monarch, Danaus plexippus. Notes from Jenyns: This species is not mentioned in Jenyns’ notebooks. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change. Modern records. This spectacular butterfly is not recorded by Jenyns

4 Jul 2024: Search site. peacock. Pictured: peacock, Aglais io. Notes from Jenyns: Common everywhere. 200-year trend in Cambridgeshire: Little change. Modern records. This species is still common and widespread throughout Cambridgeshire and is one of few