Society and Staff News

Our Local Nature Grant: A Review of This Year’s Youth-Led Projects
Chickens, parades, plants, bats and bugs: stories from our local nature grants of 2024.
12th November 2024

The Linnean Society signs deal with Government to secure Burlington House
We have signed the legal documentation outlining our agreement to secure a 999-year leasehold of Burlington House.
30th October 2024

Wanderings with Wallace - the winner of our 2023 portrait competition
Find out about the winner of our 2023 New Portrait Competition
15th April 2024

“No one knows what is in it”: Cataloguing the Linnean Society Domestic Archive
At the end of an immense project to catalogue the papers of the Linnean Society itself, Project Archivist Alex Milne recounts the process of working with this important collection.
14th February 2024

Building Nature Connections with The Wave Project
We partnered with The Wave Project to run events like tree planting, night-time safaris, and urban birdwatching to promote nature as a tool for young people’s wellbeing.
5th February 2024

From Jiffy Bags to Social Media | A Quarter Century as Editor-in-Chief
Professor John Allen had remarked “Sounds interesting!” when he was offered the post of Editor-in-Chief of The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society in 1997. And there is little he would done differently for the next 25 years. We thank you, John.
14th September 2023