News, Blogs and Essays

Seeing Double – Henry and Edward Doubleday – Entomologists

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

Uncover how machine learning can be used to spot salt stress in plants, revolutionising how we farm amidst sea level rise.

Our Digitised Collections

This month’s treasure is our digitised collections (and an excuse to plug their new home!).

Anoles on the Edge: Adapting to the Andes

How Andean lizards reveal the hidden power of temperature in driving evolution

Priya Nithianandan (5 September 1964 – 2 May 2025)

Charles Darwin Archive Recognised on Memory of the World Register

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.