Amanda Callaghan
@acallazoo.bsky.social
Invertebrate zoology prof. Curator of Cole Museum of Zoology, Uni of Reading. Posts NH museums, Cole stuff, natural world, my garden and my research.
www.reading.ac.uk/ecology/staff/amanda-callaghan
https://collections.reading.ac.uk/cole-museum/
www.reading.ac.uk/ecology/staff/amanda-callaghan
https://collections.reading.ac.uk/cole-museum/
It’s that time of the year. First year zoology practical with some great specimens from @colezoology.bsky.social
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It’s that time of the year. First year zoology practical with some great specimens from @colezoology.bsky.social
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Species list from our Devon field course
August 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Species list from our Devon field course
Near the end of our undergraduate biodiversity fieldcourse in Devon. Lots of species and much fun had #universityofreading
August 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Near the end of our undergraduate biodiversity fieldcourse in Devon. Lots of species and much fun had #universityofreading
July 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It’s graduation day!!! Congratulations to all our students #graduation
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s graduation day!!! Congratulations to all our students #graduation
Charles Lyell was a famous geologist who had a strong influence on Darwin. He was interested in taphonomy and studied dried samples of mud with bird tracks and rain drops. We are lucky to have some of these featured (Figure 20) in his famous Principles of Geology! @colezoology.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Charles Lyell was a famous geologist who had a strong influence on Darwin. He was interested in taphonomy and studied dried samples of mud with bird tracks and rain drops. We are lucky to have some of these featured (Figure 20) in his famous Principles of Geology! @colezoology.bsky.social
@colezoology.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!! Looking forward to seeing cool specimens. In the meantime here we are with Norman the elephant.
June 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@colezoology.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!! Looking forward to seeing cool specimens. In the meantime here we are with Norman the elephant.
Happy Summer Solstice 2025 to all my pagan friends. Summer is officially here.
June 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Happy Summer Solstice 2025 to all my pagan friends. Summer is officially here.
Fossicking along the Fleet always results in small treasures!! Move over Lyme Regis.
June 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Fossicking along the Fleet always results in small treasures!! Move over Lyme Regis.
Don’t just sit there, eat them!!!!!!
June 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Don’t just sit there, eat them!!!!!!
Found a stunning Harlequin ladybird larva on my garden but it wasn’t interested in eating my greenfly. @hatbirder.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Found a stunning Harlequin ladybird larva on my garden but it wasn’t interested in eating my greenfly. @hatbirder.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ammonites, belemnites, beautiful crinoids and a tooth of some kind (?) from Oxford Clay
#JurassicCoast
#Tidmoorpoint
#fossilhunting
#JurassicCoast
#Tidmoorpoint
#fossilhunting
May 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ammonites, belemnites, beautiful crinoids and a tooth of some kind (?) from Oxford Clay
#JurassicCoast
#Tidmoorpoint
#fossilhunting
#JurassicCoast
#Tidmoorpoint
#fossilhunting
Why just draw a frog when you can build one?
#historyoflifeonearth
#practicalclass
#zoologyuniofreading
#historyoflifeonearth
#practicalclass
#zoologyuniofreading
April 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Why just draw a frog when you can build one?
#historyoflifeonearth
#practicalclass
#zoologyuniofreading
#historyoflifeonearth
#practicalclass
#zoologyuniofreading
These large oil beetles from Andalusia, Spain, are beautiful! Cool enough that they are a bit dozy. #springtimeinSpain #beetles @hatbirder.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
These large oil beetles from Andalusia, Spain, are beautiful! Cool enough that they are a bit dozy. #springtimeinSpain #beetles @hatbirder.bsky.social
40 million year old molluscs are easy pickings from the Barton clays at Barton on Sea, Hampshire.
#fossils #fossilmolluscs
#fossils #fossilmolluscs
April 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
40 million year old molluscs are easy pickings from the Barton clays at Barton on Sea, Hampshire.
#fossils #fossilmolluscs
#fossils #fossilmolluscs
More palaeo models have arrived for teaching and Cole Museum of Zoology display! Thanks to Bruce Currie. Eurypterid, Brachiopod, Rangeomorph
paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching
#UniofReading
#Historyoflifeonearth
paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching
#UniofReading
#Historyoflifeonearth
March 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
More palaeo models have arrived for teaching and Cole Museum of Zoology display! Thanks to Bruce Currie. Eurypterid, Brachiopod, Rangeomorph
paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching
#UniofReading
#Historyoflifeonearth
paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching
#UniofReading
#Historyoflifeonearth
Finally got to visit the Great Bustards on Salisbury plains. Probably the heaviest flying birds on the planet. Saw a group of 12 males displaying. greatbustard.org
March 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Finally got to visit the Great Bustards on Salisbury plains. Probably the heaviest flying birds on the planet. Saw a group of 12 males displaying. greatbustard.org
How many frogs do you need?
March 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
How many frogs do you need?
March 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Pleased with my finds from a fossil hunt in Ramsholt, Suffolk. #coral #bryozoa #molluscs #londonclay #redcrag #coralline
March 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Pleased with my finds from a fossil hunt in Ramsholt, Suffolk. #coral #bryozoa #molluscs #londonclay #redcrag #coralline
Giving undergraduate students modelling clay definitely makes them engage with material in the Cambrian life practical. #palaeontology #uniofreading #historyoflifeonearth
March 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Giving undergraduate students modelling clay definitely makes them engage with material in the Cambrian life practical. #palaeontology #uniofreading #historyoflifeonearth
Palaeontology trilobite practical tomorrow and I’m hoping the students appreciate these wonderful trilobite eyes. #trilobite #palaeontologyatUoR #Colemuseumofzoology @unirdgento.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Palaeontology trilobite practical tomorrow and I’m hoping the students appreciate these wonderful trilobite eyes. #trilobite #palaeontologyatUoR #Colemuseumofzoology @unirdgento.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social
Cole Museum Volunteer session today sorting through some of our molluscs. Although the specimens are 100 years old the shells look so fresh #mollusccollection #uniofreading #extracurricularlearning
February 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Cole Museum Volunteer session today sorting through some of our molluscs. Although the specimens are 100 years old the shells look so fresh #mollusccollection #uniofreading #extracurricularlearning