Blogs and Essays

Explore insights and essays from our curators, archivists and librarians

Podcasts

Let our podcasts take you on a journey on a whaling ship, or dive to a coral reef. From the psychedelic qualities of plants to the secrets of seeds, we have it all

Treasures of the Month

Every month, we focus on one object (text/book/illustration/specimen) to bring you its hidden story

Discover More with Linnean Learning

Discover and share your curiosity in nature!

Stories from our Collections

From colourful personalities to mysterious specimens, read the tales our curators and staff find within old books, journals, collected specimens...

Society and Staff News

Find out more about the Society's staff and various ongoings

"The Librarian's Nightmare": James Bateman's Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala

Our librarian Will Beharrell examines one of our most prized—and most challenging—books

10th January 2022

Treasures of the Month

The Darwin-Wallace Collection: Notes from the Private Lives of Naturalists

Archivist Alex Milne examines the lesser known interests of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace though correspondence held in the Linnean Society Library

23rd November 2021

Discover More: Fungi

This group of organisms are actually more closely related to animals than they are plants, but they are so radically different to either that scientists group them in a kingdom of their own. Discover more with Linnean Learning.

23rd November 2021

Discover More with Linnean Learning

The Photographic Portraits Collection

Smile! Digital Assets Manager Andrea Deneau looks at our collection of photographic portraits

19th November 2021

Treasures of the Month

COP26: Despite clear scientific proof, political ambition falls short

The Glasgow Climate Pact recognises the efforts by civil society and local communities to focus global attention on climate change but also that progress now must accelerate rapidly

16th November 2021