Blogs and Essays

Darwin's "Best" Portrait

This month, our Librarian Will Beharrell takes a closer look at one of the Linnean Society's most famous portraits

8th September 2025

Fathers Out Of The Blue: Leatherback Turtles Take a DNA Test

Discover how DNA detective work is revealing the secret love lives of leatherback turtles–and reshaping how we protect this critically endangered species.

2nd September 2025

Painting En Plein Air – Margaret Woods

This month Archivist, Liz McGow, focusses on a volume of watercolour drawings of British flowers by Margaret Woods (MS/504).

13th August 2025

Why Do Birds Have Whiskers?

The answer lies in phylogenetics.

1st August 2025

Seeing Double – Henry and Edward Doubleday – Entomologists

Glenn Benson our Hon. Curator of Artefacts looks at the men behind the images of the Doubledays in the collection of the Society and discovers an unexpected connection to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London where he works.

16th July 2025

Chromatic Confessions of Salt Stressed Plants: AI to Read Between the Leaves

Uncover how machine learning can be used to spot salt stress in plants, revolutionising how we farm amidst sea level rise.

3rd July 2025