Blogs and Essays

250th Anniversary of the birth of Alexander von Humboldt

Librarian Will Beharrell celebrates the 250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt, a giant of nineteenth century science

What Is An Endangered Ecosystem Painting?

Ernst Haeckel (100 years)

Were the ancestors of horseshoe crabs really blind?

Why there was no ‘Darwin’s bulldog’

Thomas Henry Huxley’s famous nickname

Looking to the Future