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We're letting our hair down this Friday by delving into the more social side of our history, sparked by some unexpected items in our archives: two drinks tokens...
Find out more in November's Treasure of the Month: buff.ly/vnrowQt
Find out more in November's Treasure of the Month: buff.ly/vnrowQt
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We're letting our hair down this Friday by delving into the more social side of our history, sparked by some unexpected items in our archives: two drinks tokens...
Find out more in November's Treasure of the Month: buff.ly/vnrowQt
Find out more in November's Treasure of the Month: buff.ly/vnrowQt
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This #FossilFriday marvel at the presence of Astropanax leaves & pollen in Ethiopia 21.73 million years ago, found in the Mush Valley, providing the earliest evidence for Araliaceae on the African continent! (around the time when ancient rhinos & horses began to evolve)🌍🧪
doi.org/10.1093/botl...
doi.org/10.1093/botl...
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This #FossilFriday marvel at the presence of Astropanax leaves & pollen in Ethiopia 21.73 million years ago, found in the Mush Valley, providing the earliest evidence for Araliaceae on the African continent! (around the time when ancient rhinos & horses began to evolve)🌍🧪
doi.org/10.1093/botl...
doi.org/10.1093/botl...
"How do I keep up with everything happening at the Linnean Society?" we hear you cry
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November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"How do I keep up with everything happening at the Linnean Society?" we hear you cry
Well, look no further than Linnean News - sent straight to your inbox with regular updates on our programme of events, Society news and other delights like short-notice talks!
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Well, look no further than Linnean News - sent straight to your inbox with regular updates on our programme of events, Society news and other delights like short-notice talks!
Register here 👇
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The iconic children's book 'Where the Wild Things Are' was published #OTD in 1963.
Here's our own wild landscape from Historia naturalis palmarum, Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1823-1850) (LSL re: P 582.4p187 MAR)
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Here's our own wild landscape from Historia naturalis palmarum, Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1823-1850) (LSL re: P 582.4p187 MAR)
Get 15% off prints, cards or posters with the code LINNEAN15. buff.ly/5Zgzg7G
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The iconic children's book 'Where the Wild Things Are' was published #OTD in 1963.
Here's our own wild landscape from Historia naturalis palmarum, Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1823-1850) (LSL re: P 582.4p187 MAR)
Get 15% off prints, cards or posters with the code LINNEAN15. buff.ly/5Zgzg7G
Here's our own wild landscape from Historia naturalis palmarum, Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1823-1850) (LSL re: P 582.4p187 MAR)
Get 15% off prints, cards or posters with the code LINNEAN15. buff.ly/5Zgzg7G
Yesterday, the Linnean Library was graced with a group of keen knitters, gathered for an afternoon to learn how to #knit like a Victorian
Based on knitting patterns held in the Linnean Society archive belonging to Lady Pleasance Smith, attendees had the chance to create some #nature based patterns🍁
Based on knitting patterns held in the Linnean Society archive belonging to Lady Pleasance Smith, attendees had the chance to create some #nature based patterns🍁
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Shore-ly you didn't miss our most recent Linnean Lens talk?
It's time to shell-ebrate as it's now available to watch on our YouTube channel-three guesses what it's about!
Join Job Ablett as he uses his 22+ years of experience to show and tell about the amazing specimens in the Linnean's collection
It's time to shell-ebrate as it's now available to watch on our YouTube channel-three guesses what it's about!
Join Job Ablett as he uses his 22+ years of experience to show and tell about the amazing specimens in the Linnean's collection
Linnean Lens | Treasures of the Linnean Shells collection
Linnaeus (1707-1778) described and named over 800 molluscan species, including many of the most familiar and widespread species. Through his many correspondents, he obtained shells from collectors,…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Shore-ly you didn't miss our most recent Linnean Lens talk?
It's time to shell-ebrate as it's now available to watch on our YouTube channel-three guesses what it's about!
Join Job Ablett as he uses his 22+ years of experience to show and tell about the amazing specimens in the Linnean's collection
It's time to shell-ebrate as it's now available to watch on our YouTube channel-three guesses what it's about!
Join Job Ablett as he uses his 22+ years of experience to show and tell about the amazing specimens in the Linnean's collection
Thanks Darwin Biological for including us in your book of practicals!
Our hands-on session helps students to investigate how many different species of plants and animals might be lurking in their local area.
Check out the whole booklet...
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Our hands-on session helps students to investigate how many different species of plants and animals might be lurking in their local area.
Check out the whole booklet...
buff.ly/YleVbXf
The Practical Biologist - Darwin Biological
A collection of 12 biology practicals created by expert institutions specifically for school use.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thanks Darwin Biological for including us in your book of practicals!
Our hands-on session helps students to investigate how many different species of plants and animals might be lurking in their local area.
Check out the whole booklet...
buff.ly/YleVbXf
Our hands-on session helps students to investigate how many different species of plants and animals might be lurking in their local area.
Check out the whole booklet...
buff.ly/YleVbXf
How are climate and other changes affecting the evolution of species? And why are some species protected from these effects?
There's still time to register, online or in-person, to our symposium on Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World, on 20 November, 9am-6pm.
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There's still time to register, online or in-person, to our symposium on Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World, on 20 November, 9am-6pm.
buff.ly/TfJfYUw
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
How are climate and other changes affecting the evolution of species? And why are some species protected from these effects?
There's still time to register, online or in-person, to our symposium on Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World, on 20 November, 9am-6pm.
buff.ly/TfJfYUw
There's still time to register, online or in-person, to our symposium on Organismal Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World, on 20 November, 9am-6pm.
buff.ly/TfJfYUw
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ON THURSDAY I'll be at @linneansociety.bsky.social to chat about whether natural history #museums really represent nature, how they talk about their own [sometimes troubling] histories, & how they help save the world: the 3 themes of my book #NaturesMemory. Come!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-me...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-me...
Nature’s Memory | Behind the Scenes at the World’s Natural History Museums
Get an insider guide to the secrets of natural history museums, as we consider how they shape our society and relationship with nature.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
ON THURSDAY I'll be at @linneansociety.bsky.social to chat about whether natural history #museums really represent nature, how they talk about their own [sometimes troubling] histories, & how they help save the world: the 3 themes of my book #NaturesMemory. Come!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-me...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-me...
This week we welcomed students to our Green Careers Conference, held in partnership with the British Ecological Society.
It was a hugely inspring day of talks, workshops and networking, and we hope everyone enjoyed it! And a huge thanks to our speakers, exhibitors and partners.
It was a hugely inspring day of talks, workshops and networking, and we hope everyone enjoyed it! And a huge thanks to our speakers, exhibitors and partners.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This week we welcomed students to our Green Careers Conference, held in partnership with the British Ecological Society.
It was a hugely inspring day of talks, workshops and networking, and we hope everyone enjoyed it! And a huge thanks to our speakers, exhibitors and partners.
It was a hugely inspring day of talks, workshops and networking, and we hope everyone enjoyed it! And a huge thanks to our speakers, exhibitors and partners.
"The only thing constant in life is change."
Dr Mark Watson's 2025 President's lecture focused on how the Linnean Society has evolved to meet the challenges facing nature, charities and learned societies today.
Read an edited version buff.ly/0XZNXEj
Dr Mark Watson's 2025 President's lecture focused on how the Linnean Society has evolved to meet the challenges facing nature, charities and learned societies today.
Read an edited version buff.ly/0XZNXEj
The Evolving Learned Society
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…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"The only thing constant in life is change."
Dr Mark Watson's 2025 President's lecture focused on how the Linnean Society has evolved to meet the challenges facing nature, charities and learned societies today.
Read an edited version buff.ly/0XZNXEj
Dr Mark Watson's 2025 President's lecture focused on how the Linnean Society has evolved to meet the challenges facing nature, charities and learned societies today.
Read an edited version buff.ly/0XZNXEj
Ever wanted to get the lowdown on natural history museums? Interested in how they're shaped from behind the scenes? Or how they in turn shape scientific understanding?
Then join Jack Ashby's talk exploring both the scientific and social relevance of these fascinating institutions
🎟️ from £9.38
Then join Jack Ashby's talk exploring both the scientific and social relevance of these fascinating institutions
🎟️ from £9.38
Nature’s Memory | Behind the Scenes at the World’s Natural History Museums
Get an insider guide to the secrets of natural history museums, as we consider how they shape our society and relationship with nature.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ever wanted to get the lowdown on natural history museums? Interested in how they're shaped from behind the scenes? Or how they in turn shape scientific understanding?
Then join Jack Ashby's talk exploring both the scientific and social relevance of these fascinating institutions
🎟️ from £9.38
Then join Jack Ashby's talk exploring both the scientific and social relevance of these fascinating institutions
🎟️ from £9.38
Just when you thought Halloween was over - the ghosts of a brief colonisation has been found in the genetic record in weevils on the Canary Islands.
Guest blogger Adam Brachtl tells the story of this study, from the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social Special Issue, 'Evolution on Islands'.
Guest blogger Adam Brachtl tells the story of this study, from the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social Special Issue, 'Evolution on Islands'.
Ghosts of the Past: How DNA Reveals an Extinct Island Lineage
Discover the latest news from The Linnean Society of London.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Just when you thought Halloween was over - the ghosts of a brief colonisation has been found in the genetic record in weevils on the Canary Islands.
Guest blogger Adam Brachtl tells the story of this study, from the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social Special Issue, 'Evolution on Islands'.
Guest blogger Adam Brachtl tells the story of this study, from the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social Special Issue, 'Evolution on Islands'.
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Thanks to @linneansociety.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org for yesterday's Green Careers Conference.PTES' Megan gave an inspiring keynote talk about her career & we were delighted to meet many attendees at our exhibitor stand. Always encouraging to talk to passionate early conservationists!
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thanks to @linneansociety.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org for yesterday's Green Careers Conference.PTES' Megan gave an inspiring keynote talk about her career & we were delighted to meet many attendees at our exhibitor stand. Always encouraging to talk to passionate early conservationists!
This bonfire night, don't forget to watch out for woodland friends taking a nap! 🦔
Native Hedgehogs are under threat as their habitat becomes urbanised. Join Lea Grayston-Smith as she talks about the challenges our spiky friends face
📍 Online, Dec 3
⏰ 12:30-1:30pm
🎟️ Free!👇
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Native Hedgehogs are under threat as their habitat becomes urbanised. Join Lea Grayston-Smith as she talks about the challenges our spiky friends face
📍 Online, Dec 3
⏰ 12:30-1:30pm
🎟️ Free!👇
buff.ly/vWewpcY
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This bonfire night, don't forget to watch out for woodland friends taking a nap! 🦔
Native Hedgehogs are under threat as their habitat becomes urbanised. Join Lea Grayston-Smith as she talks about the challenges our spiky friends face
📍 Online, Dec 3
⏰ 12:30-1:30pm
🎟️ Free!👇
buff.ly/vWewpcY
Native Hedgehogs are under threat as their habitat becomes urbanised. Join Lea Grayston-Smith as she talks about the challenges our spiky friends face
📍 Online, Dec 3
⏰ 12:30-1:30pm
🎟️ Free!👇
buff.ly/vWewpcY
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Piper dispersed from South America first to Southern Africa, then on to South East Asia, where it spread across the Wallace & Lydekker's lines several times! Intrigued? The full paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1093/botl... (2/2) @linneansociety.bsky.social
Origin and biogeographical history of Palaeotropical Piper (Piperaceae): multiple long-distance dispersals from South America initiated during the Middle Eocene climatic optimum
Abstract. Piper is the largest genus of Piperaceae and second largest in the angiosperms, but the biogeography and timing of its global radiation has not y
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Piper dispersed from South America first to Southern Africa, then on to South East Asia, where it spread across the Wallace & Lydekker's lines several times! Intrigued? The full paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1093/botl... (2/2) @linneansociety.bsky.social
Firework night is here again! 🎉
Celebrate by buying a print of this event program illustration 🎆
The original program contains a list of all illuminations, fireworks and decorations on display during festivities commemorating Queen Victoria's anniversary of accession in 1887.
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Celebrate by buying a print of this event program illustration 🎆
The original program contains a list of all illuminations, fireworks and decorations on display during festivities commemorating Queen Victoria's anniversary of accession in 1887.
👉
Pains Fireworks, Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee
Pains Fireworks, Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee posters, canvas prints, framed pictures, postcards & more by Unknown. Buy online at discount prices. Handmade in the UK.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Firework night is here again! 🎉
Celebrate by buying a print of this event program illustration 🎆
The original program contains a list of all illuminations, fireworks and decorations on display during festivities commemorating Queen Victoria's anniversary of accession in 1887.
👉
Celebrate by buying a print of this event program illustration 🎆
The original program contains a list of all illuminations, fireworks and decorations on display during festivities commemorating Queen Victoria's anniversary of accession in 1887.
👉
'I am sure I am leaving with a more gyrified brain. (cheers) wonderful and whimsical :)'
'HAIRY STYLES = INSPIRED!'
Just some of the feedback we've received on 'Wonder', our free exhition, open 10-5pm Tuesdays-Fridays until 6 March 2026. Details at buff.ly/7d7RaXv
'HAIRY STYLES = INSPIRED!'
Just some of the feedback we've received on 'Wonder', our free exhition, open 10-5pm Tuesdays-Fridays until 6 March 2026. Details at buff.ly/7d7RaXv
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'I am sure I am leaving with a more gyrified brain. (cheers) wonderful and whimsical :)'
'HAIRY STYLES = INSPIRED!'
Just some of the feedback we've received on 'Wonder', our free exhition, open 10-5pm Tuesdays-Fridays until 6 March 2026. Details at buff.ly/7d7RaXv
'HAIRY STYLES = INSPIRED!'
Just some of the feedback we've received on 'Wonder', our free exhition, open 10-5pm Tuesdays-Fridays until 6 March 2026. Details at buff.ly/7d7RaXv
We were delighted to be at the @zslofficial.bsky.social Wildlife Careers Conference last week, sharing our work experience and other career resources. Visitors also had a chance to create special species to add to our board.
Find out more about volunteering or working with us at buff.ly/0hKOxzR
Find out more about volunteering or working with us at buff.ly/0hKOxzR
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We were delighted to be at the @zslofficial.bsky.social Wildlife Careers Conference last week, sharing our work experience and other career resources. Visitors also had a chance to create special species to add to our board.
Find out more about volunteering or working with us at buff.ly/0hKOxzR
Find out more about volunteering or working with us at buff.ly/0hKOxzR
Shell-o...is it a Linnean Lens you're looking for?
Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.
Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.
Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
Linnean Lens | Treasures of the Linnean Shells collection
A shell show-and-tell, with Jon Ablett, Senior Curator of Mollusca at the Natural History Museum, sharing the Linnean shell collection.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Shell-o...is it a Linnean Lens you're looking for?
Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.
Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.
Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
One of our Fellows has co-curated a fascinating exibition of Indian botanical art. Henry Noltie & Sita Reddy chose 52 drawings by Indian artists, and where possible identified the artists responsible.
'Flora Indica’ is on at the Sherwood Gallery, Kew until 12 April 2026.
Images © RBG Kew.
'Flora Indica’ is on at the Sherwood Gallery, Kew until 12 April 2026.
Images © RBG Kew.
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
One of our Fellows has co-curated a fascinating exibition of Indian botanical art. Henry Noltie & Sita Reddy chose 52 drawings by Indian artists, and where possible identified the artists responsible.
'Flora Indica’ is on at the Sherwood Gallery, Kew until 12 April 2026.
Images © RBG Kew.
'Flora Indica’ is on at the Sherwood Gallery, Kew until 12 April 2026.
Images © RBG Kew.
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📣 New publication in @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social with @joaquinortego.bsky.social !
"Mountain speciation driven by high rates of lineage formation and rapid evolution of partial reproductive isolation"
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @invest-ull.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
"Mountain speciation driven by high rates of lineage formation and rapid evolution of partial reproductive isolation"
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @invest-ull.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
Mountain speciation driven by high rates of lineage formation and rapid evolution of partial reproductive isolation: insights from a recent radiation of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Gomphocerinae)
Abstract. Mountains contribute disproportionately to global biodiversity, yet the ecological and evolutionary processes that make them important centres of
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
📣 New publication in @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social with @joaquinortego.bsky.social !
"Mountain speciation driven by high rates of lineage formation and rapid evolution of partial reproductive isolation"
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @invest-ull.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
"Mountain speciation driven by high rates of lineage formation and rapid evolution of partial reproductive isolation"
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @invest-ull.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
Trick 🎃 or Treat (Yourself) 🍬
Whatever you have in mind for Halloween, get spooky with the Linnean Society!
Take a tour of our 'Wonder'-ful exhibition about the enchanting, sometimes macabre world of curiosity cabinets, or delve into our collection of prints and gifts
Explore 👇
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Whatever you have in mind for Halloween, get spooky with the Linnean Society!
Take a tour of our 'Wonder'-ful exhibition about the enchanting, sometimes macabre world of curiosity cabinets, or delve into our collection of prints and gifts
Explore 👇
buff.ly/2SLIT40
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Trick 🎃 or Treat (Yourself) 🍬
Whatever you have in mind for Halloween, get spooky with the Linnean Society!
Take a tour of our 'Wonder'-ful exhibition about the enchanting, sometimes macabre world of curiosity cabinets, or delve into our collection of prints and gifts
Explore 👇
buff.ly/2SLIT40
Whatever you have in mind for Halloween, get spooky with the Linnean Society!
Take a tour of our 'Wonder'-ful exhibition about the enchanting, sometimes macabre world of curiosity cabinets, or delve into our collection of prints and gifts
Explore 👇
buff.ly/2SLIT40
If your walls are crying out for something creepy this spooky season, our print on demand service has got you covered. Get 15% off with the code LINNEAN15, including these spine-tingling species. buff.ly/s7Ky25t
1. Rhinolophus Hippocrepis by Alois Auer. Greater horseshoe bat nature print
1. Rhinolophus Hippocrepis by Alois Auer. Greater horseshoe bat nature print
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
If your walls are crying out for something creepy this spooky season, our print on demand service has got you covered. Get 15% off with the code LINNEAN15, including these spine-tingling species. buff.ly/s7Ky25t
1. Rhinolophus Hippocrepis by Alois Auer. Greater horseshoe bat nature print
1. Rhinolophus Hippocrepis by Alois Auer. Greater horseshoe bat nature print
Take a peek behind the scenes of blockbuster BBC shows 🌍
Join Mike Gunton in conversation on 6 Nov as he shares the secrets of making a blockbuster wildlife series, drawing on his experience as Creative Director of BBC Studios Natural History Unit
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Join Mike Gunton in conversation on 6 Nov as he shares the secrets of making a blockbuster wildlife series, drawing on his experience as Creative Director of BBC Studios Natural History Unit
📍The Linnean Society
🎟️From £8 - buff.ly/6S8oP3q
October 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Take a peek behind the scenes of blockbuster BBC shows 🌍
Join Mike Gunton in conversation on 6 Nov as he shares the secrets of making a blockbuster wildlife series, drawing on his experience as Creative Director of BBC Studios Natural History Unit
📍The Linnean Society
🎟️From £8 - buff.ly/6S8oP3q
Join Mike Gunton in conversation on 6 Nov as he shares the secrets of making a blockbuster wildlife series, drawing on his experience as Creative Director of BBC Studios Natural History Unit
📍The Linnean Society
🎟️From £8 - buff.ly/6S8oP3q