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15 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

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

15 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

15 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

15 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

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

15 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

15 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

15 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

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

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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.

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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

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

15 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

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

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

15 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

15 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),

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 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

15 Jul 2024: from New Guinea.

15 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

15 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.

15 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

15 Jul 2024: our new activities.

15 Jul 2024: As the Museum relaunches, visitors will find plenty to enjoy in our new shop in the Whale Hall, run by our partners at Fitzwilliam Museum Enterprises.

15 Jul 2024: Search site. Highlights Tour. Welcome to our virtual tours of the Museum. Highlights Tour with Jack Ashby. From dodos to Darwin, join Jack Ashby (Assistant Director of the Museum) as he takes you on a tour uncovering some of the highlights of the

15 Jul 2024: The new gallery explores thirteen British habitats, many of which are near to Cambridge, and the diversity of birds that live in them. ... The stories included in the new displays highlight the conservation work currently underway to protect the UK’s

15 Jul 2024: Search site. Natalie Jones - Conservator. Natalie Jones - Conservator. 2024 University of Cambridge.

15 Jul 2024: Members will receive a quarterly newsletter by email, packed with zoology information, profiles of the animals in our collections, and news of upcoming events and workshops. ... Check out the Zoology Club blog for our Animal of the Month, zoology news

15 Jul 2024: Search site. Burrowing bivalves. Most bivalves are adapted to a burrowing existence, living just beneath the surface or deep within the sediment. Cockles (Cerastoderma edule) are shallow burrowing suspension feeders, feeding on food particles that

15 Jul 2024: Search site. Stuart Turner - Receptionist. Stuart Turner - Receptionist. 441223336650. 2024 University of Cambridge.

15 Jul 2024: Search site. Jenyns Beetle Voyage Project. DDF Jenyns Beetle Voyage Project. DDF Jenyns Beetle Voyage Project at the Museum of Zoology. Leonard Jenyns was an important naturalist of the 19th century and lived in Cambridgeshire for much of his life,

15 Jul 2024: Search site. Venue Hire. The University Museum of Zoology, as one of Cambridge's major attractions, can provide a unique and memorable space for your event. Located in the heart of Cambridge, just off Downing Street, the Museum is the perfect place

15 Jul 2024: In 1865 the Museum of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology was built on the New Museums Site to house both of these collections. ... Most of the collections were acquired between 1865 and 1915, although we continue to collect new material each year.

15 Jul 2024: Search site. Fin whale biology. Fin Whale facts. The Zoology Museum was designed so that the Whale, an important teaching specimen, should also advertise the Museum’s presence. The original iron framework was used in the reassembly of the skeleton