News, Blogs and Essays
The Scholar Who Lived the Culture: Winifred Blackman’s Research In Egypt with the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund
August's Treasure of the Month has been written by Aisha Yaree, a King's College London MA student who assisted our project archivist with cataloguing the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund Archive during her placement at the Society.
10th August 2026
Facial Reconstruction: Bringing New Life to a 66-Million-Year-Old Salamander
How CT scanning can fill gaps in the fossil record to tell a new evolutionary story. Written by guest blogger Juliet Maxted.
7th August 2026
The Natural History GCSE – Have Your Say
The proposed subject content for the Natural History GCSE has been released. Our Education Manager Dan Simonsen outlines our analysis of the subject content and how we responded to the consultation.
3rd August 2026
How Did Bushbabies Become Different Species?
A new study challenges a simple evolutionary story. Written by guest blogger Katie Porter.
28th July 2026
Peeling Back the Layers: Conserving the Mora Tree Watercolour
Our very talented conservation volunteer, John Abbott, has conserved our painting of the Mora Tree by Robert Schomburgk. He describes the process in this month's Treasure of the Month.
Exploring and Expressing Queerness in Natural History
Danielle Crowley writes about how nature has always been a place of safety and comfort, where gender doesn’t matter, and the role of queer-focussed programmes in institutions.
7th July 2026
