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7 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,

7 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

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

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 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

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

7 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

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

7 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,

7 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.

7 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

7 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

7 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?

7 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.

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

7 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.

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

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 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.

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

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

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

7 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

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Giant Clam. Enormous shellfish lives for 100 years. This enormous shellfish, an inhabitant of tropical seas, is the world’s largest bivalve mollusc alive today and the heaviest of all living bivalve molluscs. Specimens grow up to 1.3

7 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

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

7 Jul 2024: Search site. c_university_of_cambridge_julieta_sarmiento_photography_4_resized.jpg. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 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

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.