https://www.linnean.org/ en-GB Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:46:00 +0000 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:50:30 +0000 https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/02/05/building-nature-connections-with-the-wave-project Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:46:00 +0000 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. https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/01/05/jonathan-couch-and-a-history-of-the-fishes-of-the-british-islands Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:52:00 +0000 This month, Assistant Archivist Christina McCulloch has been sifting through research (including our newly catalogued Domestic Archive) to look into the fantastic manuscript of Couch’s A History of the Fishes of the British Islands https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/11/28/inside-the-fish-skin-collection-the-lost-radiographs Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:39:00 +0000 This month's Treasure is our retiring curator of zoology, Ollie Crimmen, whose first job at the NHM was to X-ray the Linnaean fishes, as described by NHM's Chrissy Williams below. https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/11/24/the-linnean-society-and-stem-live-bring-classification-workshops-to-over-5-000-schools Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:10:00 +0000 We partnered with STEM Live for an innovative and engaging digital journey through the history of classification - and why it matters today https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/10/31/hiding-in-plain-sight-mini-linné-twins-and-triplets Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:50:00 +0000 This month Glenn Benson, our Honorary Curator of Artefacts, looks at another treasure that hides in plain sight in the Linnean Society’s rooms in New Burlington House: the one metre tall statue of Carl Linnaeus https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/10/24/fearsome-flora-plants-that-bite-back Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:03:00 +0100 Inspired by a paper published in our Botanical Journal, Education Officer Dani Crowley investigates the mysterious world of carnivorous plants and their scientific and cultural legacy https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/10/13/maria-an-enslaved-woman-in-the-st-vincent-botanical-garden Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:43:00 +0100 Dr Christina Welch uncovers the story of Maria, an enslaved African woman, and her three children, Chance, Frances, and Liverpool, who, at the end of the long eighteenth century, find themselves connected to the St Vincent Botanical Garden. https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/10/10/alfred-russel-wallaces-private-library Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:30:00 +0100 For October's "Treasure of the Month", our Librarian Will Beharrell describes the fascinating private library of Alfred Russel Wallace and efforts to reunite it in one space after more than a century https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/10/02/celebrating-black-leaders-in-nature Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:10:00 +0100 It’s Black History Month, and we’ll be publishing several blogs that highlight the many contributions made by the Black community in conserving, studying and celebrating nature, throughout history and today. https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/09/14/from-jiffy-bags-to-social-media-a-quarter-century-as-editor-in-chief Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:32:00 +0100 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. https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/09/06/species-plantarum-at-270 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:36:00 +0100 Carl Linnaeus' catalogue of plant species, "Species plantarum", was published in 1753 and changed the course of botanical nomenclature. In this blog, we uncover the many unique and wonderful copies held in libraries across the world. https://www.linnean.org/news/2023/08/08/exotic-attractions-conserving-engelbert-kaempfers-famous-publication Tue, 08 Aug 2023 09:30:00 +0100 Conservator Janet Ashdown looks at the importance and history of Carl Linnaeus's copy of Kaempfer's famous work