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Posts from the Zoological Society of London's Library & Archive Team #ZSLLibrary
📢Fresh from the press: Unite for Nature Issue 5! From saving coral reefs and spotlighting wetlands, to harnessing #NaturePositive energy & shaping the future of conservation — this edition is packed with stories to inspire action. 🌊🌿🌍 bit.ly/4ljCzip #UniteForNature
Alligator with mangrove tree in Mark Catesby's "The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands", publ. 1731-43. Today is #InternationalMangroveDay More about - Mark Catesby: zsl.org/news-and-event… ZSL & mangrove conservation: zsl.org/what-we-do/hab…
We’re so excited to be part of the @Darwin200 celebrations, welcoming the Oosterschelde back to the UK after her incredible two-year voyage retracing Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle! #Darwin200
It’s not every day we have Albert Seba’s ‘Thesaurus’ (1734-65) out on display, but when we do it’s a real treat as they are crammed full of the most beautiful and intricate images, including this not-so-little rhinoceros scarab!
Prideaux John Selby was born #OTD in 1788. In his "Illustrations of British ornithology", publ. 1833, the birds are depicted life size. There are two volumes, one for land birds and another for water birds. Here are just a couple of examples, including the now extinct great auk.
We are looking for active researchers to join the Editorial Board of our #openaccess journal, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 📑 Find out more about the selection criteria and expertise required, and apply before 25 July: …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/20…
🌳 🌲 🦢 🌺 🐝 Here’s an article I wrote launching @OfficialZSL’s campaign for every child in England to access nature at school. Please read it and sign our petition. 👇👇👇
Today, we launch our campaign to make access to nature a statutory right for children at school. #NatureIsARight We want to see government funding to support teachers and schools give pupils regular lessons outside in nature. Hear why from @matthewsgould bit.ly/458xUdH
So glad to see Elizabeth Gould given prominence and due credit as a "bird artist"!
Bird artist Elizabeth Gould was born #OTD in 1804. More about her and the recently extinct slender-billed curlew in a #blog by Ann Datta our #Volunteer art cataloguer and co-author of a #biography of Elizabeth Gould : zsl.org/news-and-event… #WomensArt
Animal #artist and illustrator Joseph Smit was born #OTD in 1836. He provided many #illustrations for our scientific publication "Proceedings of the Zoological Society", we have a few of his original artworks in our "special collections": zsl.org/news-and-event…
Bird artist Elizabeth Gould was born #OTD in 1804. More about her and the recently extinct slender-billed curlew in a #blog by Ann Datta our #Volunteer art cataloguer and co-author of a #biography of Elizabeth Gould : zsl.org/news-and-event… #WomensArt
#Artist Frederick William Frohawk was born #OTD in 1861. He provided many illustrations for ZSL's scientific publication "Proceedings of the Zoological Society". These frogs accompany a paper "Remarks on specimens of Rana arvalis exhibited in the Society's menagerie".
Today is #WorldSnakeDay we are featuring a garden tree boa with cassava, sphinx moth & treehopper from Maria Merian's insects of Surinam, 1726. More about Merian as a herpetologist: zsl.org/news-and-event… We are closed today (Wednesday) but will be open again tomorrow as usual.
Set up for an event in our Reading Room. We are closed tomorrow (Wednesday) but open again as usual on Thursday 10.30am to 5pm.
The climate and biodiversity crises are two sides of the same coin – and today's report recognizes this fundamental truth. We can't solve one without addressing the other. Innovative approaches are urgently needed to reimagine the way we build integrated climate and nature…
Reposting this reminder - ZSL Library and Archives are closed tomorrow Wed 16 July.
A reminder - we are closed on Wednesday 16th July for a private event. We are usually open to all Tuesday to Thursday, 10.30am to 5pm but please make an appointment before visiting 📚🦤🐈🐟🐢🦒🐛🦀🦚
We are celebrating #SharkAwarenessDay by sharing this beautiful engraving of an Angel shark in Francis Willughby and John Ray's book on fish, "De historia piscium...", published in 1686. Find out more about ZSL's involvement in Angel shark conservation: zsl.org/what-we-do/pro…
Please note that ZSL Library and #Archives will be closed on Wednesday 16th July.
❗️Please note that our car parking facilities will not be available all day on 16 July until 6am on 17 July. Please plan your journey accordingly - we apologise for any inconvenience: londonzoo.org/plan-your-visi… ❗️
#OTD in 1842 WC Cotton in New Zealand wrote to Richard Owen with evidence showing Owen was correct about the giant moa, a large, extinct, flightless bird. Owen had been ridiculed for his idea about this bird. Part of the letter is in our Proceedings: …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.…
