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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.