
Thomas Spencer Cobbold’s drawings of the hidden lives of parasites

Edward M Holmes: A prescriber of salves for both bodies and hearts
“…all-round naturalist and a born collector”: The correspondence collection of Edward Morell Holmes

Manuscripts and drawings of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton now on the archive catalogue!
Working from home this year, the Collections staff has markedly increased remote access to our heritage material via our catalogues and website

Edward Topsell's Reindeer
Conservator Janet Ashdown looks at Edward Topsell's 17th-century text 'The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents'

A mycorrhizal story from Alaa
Just like everyone in her city, Zaira, a twelve-year-old girl was excited to celebrate ‘Van Mahotsav’ by planting trees with her family.

Meet our new Youth Panel
Meet the people responsible for assessing our new nature engagement grant

Treasure of the Month: John Timothy Swainson’s Summer of 1799
Swainson, one of the Society's seven founding Fellows, wrote an evocative account of his travel from London to the Lake District in 1799. Our archivist Liz McGow recounts some of his observations

Black Lives in the Linnean Society Collections: Amelia Newsham

Treasure of the Month: John Stackhouse’s Nereis Britannica (1795-1801)
The Nereis Britannica: an illustrated compendium of brown algae endemic to the British seashore

The loss of an inspiring scientist: Prof Dame Georgina Mace
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Mace, a voice we need more than ever