https://www.linnean.org/ en-GB Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:59:00 +0000 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:13:34 +0000 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/2026/01/15/botanists-and-blackouts-a-short-history-of-the-womens-linnean-club Thu, 15 Jan 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/2026/01/13/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. https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/11/03/ghosts-of-the-past-how-dna-reveals-an-extinct-island-lineage Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:32:00 +0000 How genome-wide analyses uncovered a hidden extinction event, showing that island colonisation often ends not in success, but in silent disappearance. Written by guest blogger Adam Brachtl. https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/10/06/ants-acacias-and-breaking-the-mould-of-niche-conservatism Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:18:00 +0100 Discover the mechanisms behind ant-acacia mutualisms in swollen-thorn acacias. Written by guest blogger Josie Cooper.