News, Blogs and Essays
Celia Rosser's Banksias
Our librarian Will Beharrell examines one of the Society's more recent acquisitions: a magnificent three-volume survey of Australia's most distinctive wildflower
12th September 2024
The Scott Archive: Mystery of a Sealed Envelope (Part 1)
Archivist Liz Mcgow brings us along as she navigates the challenges and intrigue of sealed archival material.
International Botanists Vote to Change Offensive Plant Name
Last week the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which appear in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with a word that denotes their African origins.
23rd July 2024
Acoustic Monitoring and Community Science at the Natural History Museum
Calling all Citizen Scientists! How you can get involved with the UK's first mass study on the impact of noise pollution on insects.
8th July 2024
"On the bat's back I do fly after summer merrily" - Linnaeus's Manuscripta Medica Tom. 1
This month Education Manager Alice Cheetham takes a look at a little drawing that caught her eye in the Linnean Manuscripts and what it can tell us about one of her favourite mammals.
Hiding in Plain Sight: A Tale of Two Cabinets
Our Honorary Curator of Artefacts, Glenn Benson FLS, continues his series of articles on the artefacts displayed in the Society’s rooms at New Burlington House; objects which, due to their familiarity, may otherwise go unnoticed.
