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News from 350+ scientists @NHM_London has 80 million specimens that hold the information we need to provide solutions from and for nature
Brilliant article pn Marine Biological Association 'Snapshots in time: the darwin tree of life project.' Museum scientist, Inez Januszczak describes coordinating a biodiversity sampling trip to Alderney.@darwintreelife mymba.mba.ac.uk/resource/snaps…
🌟New sampling story in the latest issue of 'The Marine Biologist' magazine. Sharing exciting visuals, @NHM_Science staff Inez Januszczak wrote all about the trials and joys of coordinating a sampling trip to the Channel Islands. Read on ⤵️ mymba.mba.ac.uk/resource/snaps… @EBPgenome
The National Education Nature Park have reached a major milestone with over 1,000 schools signed up. Find out how the programme is gathering habitat and biodiversity data from sites to measure and evidence biodiversity gains in a free webinar on 23 July educationnaturepark.org.uk/webinar-studyi…
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨 This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved. No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️ Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
Happy Birthday Fern 🎂1⃣🎈
What would you give a Diplodocus for a birthday gift? 🎁 We’d love to hear your best ideas - though we have left it to the last minute, as tomorrow our Diplodocus Fern is turning one! 🎉🦕 Join us in wishing Fern the best first birthday ever, and let us know your gift ideas! 🎂
@NHM_Science news piece on our new paper! Headline based on the potential impact of these large silesaurs on our understanding of size evolution in early dinosaurs 🦕 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…
🐝 Today is #DontStepOnABeeDay so we asked Joe Monks, curator of bees for his top bee facts: 1) There are more than 20,000 bees known to science 2) Most are solitary or parasitic. 3) Bees make nests in lots of places, from tunnels in the ground to snail shells.
