The Linnean Society https://www.linnean.org/ en-GB Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:13:23 +0100 Painting En Plein Air – Margaret Woods https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/08/13/margaret-woods Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100 This month Archivist, Liz McGow, focusses on a volume of watercolour drawings of British flowers by Margaret Woods (MS/504). Why Do Birds Have Whiskers? https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/08/01/why-do-birds-have-whiskers Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:38:00 +0100 The answer lies in phylogenetics. Seeing Double – Henry and Edward Doubleday – Entomologists https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/07/16/seeing-double-henry-and-edward-doubleday-entomologists Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0100 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. Chromatic Confessions of Salt Stressed Plants: AI to Read Between the Leaves https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/07/03/chromatic-confessions-of-salt-stressed-plants-ai-to-read-between-the-leaves Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:24:00 +0100 Uncover how machine learning can be used to spot salt stress in plants, revolutionising how we farm amidst sea level rise. Our Digitised Collections https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/06/16/our-digitised-collections Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0100 This month’s treasure is our digitised collections (and an excuse to plug their new home!). Anoles on the Edge: Adapting to the Andes https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/06/03/anoles-on-the-edge-adapting-to-the-andes Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:39:00 +0100 How Andean lizards reveal the hidden power of temperature in driving evolution Priya Nithianandan (5 September 1964 – 2 May 2025) https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/05/07/priya-nithianandan Wed, 07 May 2025 15:22:00 +0100 Charles Darwin Archive Recognised on Memory of the World Register https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/04/22/charles-darwin-archive-recognised-on-memory-of-the-world-register Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Charles Darwin's archive has been recognised on the UNESCO International Memory of the World Register, providing a unique window into the life and work of the influential natural scientist. Society President appointed Chief Scientist at Defra https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/04/09/society-president-appointed-chief-scientist-at-defra Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Linnean Society President Professor Anjali Goswami has been appointed as Defra’s new Chief Scientist Announcing the Linnean Society's Medal and Award Recipients 2025 https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/04/09/announcing-the-linnean-societys-medal-and-award-recipients-2025 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:05:00 +0100 This year the Linnean Society’s Medals and Awards recognise eight outstanding individuals from the realms of science, the arts and conservation, all working to understand and protect the natural world. Dorothy Chapman's (note)books https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/03/25/dorothy-chapmans-notebooks Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:21:00 +0000 Two printed books morphed into heavily used notebooks, when lovingly filled out and coloured in by an early 20th-century amateur botanist. “This Book is Chineese Manufacture” https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/03/14/alfred-russell-wallace-malay-archipelago-journals Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 This month Conservator Janet Ashdown explores the notebooks used by Alfred Russel Wallace during his Malay Archipelago expedition (1854-1862), focusing on their unusual construction, materials, and the conservation efforts to preserve them.