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15 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.

15 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.

15 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

15 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,

15 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

15 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.

15 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,

15 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

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

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

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. 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. 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 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.