https://www.linnean.org/ en-GB Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0100 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:02:29 +0100 https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/04/02/scaling-up-this-spooky-season-rediscovering-john-hoopers-bat-scales Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0100 This month, Journal Officer and bat enthusiast Georgia Cowie looks at John Hooper's bat scales and their importance in British bat research. https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/03/26/listening-to-womens-voices-the-beautiful-bioacoustics-of-beetles Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:16:00 +0000 When squeezing some beetles led to an interesting discovery. Written by guest blogger & Engagement Officer Scarlet Forrester. https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/03/15/botanists-and-blackouts-a-short-history-of-the-womens-linnean-club Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:06:00 +0000 This month’s treasure takes us inside the minute book of the Women’s Linnean Club, offering a rare glimpse into a little-known chapter of the Society’s history. https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/03/08/international-womens-day-2026-rights-justice-action-for-all-women-girls Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:59:00 +0000 This International Women's Day, join us in celebrating the female staff of the Linnean Society. https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/03/04/the-politics-of-taxonomy-tangled-in-a-web-of-inequalities Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:54:00 +0000 How spiders uncovered gender and geopolitical disparities in one of the world’s oldest practices. Written by guest blogger Catherine Sgorbati. https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/02/12/the-flying-mountains Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:57:00 +0000 Our Digital Assets Manager, Andrea Deneau, provides a little background to an item in our exhibition, Wonder. https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/02/03/jumping-for-joy Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:42:00 +0000 How early primates evolved to jump safely from the narrow branches of the arboreal canopy. Written by Grégoire Boulinguez-Ambroise & Jesse W. Young. https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/01/19/elephant-poo-is-a-world-class-fertilizer-sometimes Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:55:00 +0000 You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs...or grow a Torchwood tree without sending it through an elephant's digestive system. Written by guest blogger Jin-Gyu Chang. https://www.linnean.org/news/2026/01/13/new-upload-the-council-for-nature-collection Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:50:00 +0000 Our former and much-missed Project Archivist, Alex Milne, highlights the most-recently catalogued addition to our "Conservation archives" collection. https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/12/16/festive-dining-a-1782-pub-bill Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000 This pub bill shows Carl Linnaeus the Younger living it up in London in 1782. https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/11/12/pub-anyone-the-history-of-the-linnean-club Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:30:00 +0000 This month’s 'Treasure of the Month' focuses on a couple of rather unexpected items in the archive: two drink tokens https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/11/07/the-evolving-learned-society Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 On 4 September our President Mark Watson shared how the Linnean Society must adapt and evolve to meet the challenges facing nature, charities and learned societies today. This is an edited extract from his talk.