News, Blogs and Essays
The Darwin-Wallace Collection: Notes from the Private Lives of Naturalists
Archivist Alex Milne examines the lesser known interests of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace though correspondence held in the Linnean Society Library
23rd November 2021
Discover More: Fungi
This group of organisms are actually more closely related to animals than they are plants, but they are so radically different to either that scientists group them in a kingdom of their own. Discover more with Linnean Learning.
23rd November 2021
The Photographic Portraits Collection
Smile! Digital Assets Manager Andrea Deneau looks at one of our portraits collections.
19th November 2021
COP26: Despite clear scientific proof, political ambition falls short
The Glasgow Climate Pact recognises the efforts by civil society and local communities to focus global attention on climate change but also that progress now must accelerate rapidly
16th November 2021
The Medals of Rosemary Lowe-McConnell
Curator of Artefacts Glenn Benson takes a look at three recent and invaluable donations to the Society's collections
1st November 2021
COP26: The Narrow Path to a Healthy Future
The time the world has left to stay within a safe warming limit is rapidly running out. Hard decisions are at our doorstep, and next two weeks will be a harbinger of global cooperation and good will
1st November 2021