Natalie Cooper
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Natalie Cooper
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Scientist @ Natural History Museum London. Senior Editor Methods Ecology & Evolution. Biodiversity, macroecology/evolution, R, PCMs, comedy, theatre, books, fun animal facts. she/her https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6w4ihPqk5_LOTuw-VhlaqEn1CctPqWGB
Great two days of BES data/code hack-a-thon. 111 people (in person + online) collating data and chatting about open science. Big take homes so far: people ❤️ open science; data/code archiving means different things to different people; we can make some simple improvements with big impacts!
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A very lovely evening with Eric Idle at the Albert Hall surrounded by emotional men in their 70s! Now I really need a rewatch of “the life of Brian”…
September 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Got so excited by @joshlukedavis.com remora clutch bag I forgot to post the pictures of my lovely “worm” friends!
September 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Monkeys in space! Or more accurately in boxes.
August 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Here’s the actual fossil too! This was so exciting to have out of the collections. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
August 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Exciting times for the fish lovers* in my household. *me
July 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I always think of this example… but I also don’t know the term!
July 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
July 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We’ve also done giraffes and sperm whales!
May 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The video might give a better idea of how big this lady is!
May 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Doing some filming today at our offsite stores. How do you measure an anaconda? With people lying on the floor of course!
May 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Are you looking for a distraction? Do you love natural history and museum specimens? Join @joshlukedavis.com and I for "The 'Perfect' Specimen" - an irreverent look at the natural world through via some of the @nhm-london.bsky.social's 80 million specimens, and increasingly random adjectives...
May 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This mushroom in an apocalyptic landscape made me think of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social ‘s Ambergis
May 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The RA’s exhibition of Victor Hugo’s drawings is great (if you like dark moody ink drawings of castles and seascapes, which I do!)
May 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Forgot to share this magnificent sign on the bathroom door at a queer line dancing event we stumbled across on Friday. 🏳️‍⚧️
May 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Really great turn out for the trans rights rally on Parliament Square right now. Come down and join us if you’re in London! 🏳️‍⚧️
April 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Generation Hope is just two weeks away! Sign up for sessions here and tell your friends! www.nhm.ac.uk/events/gener...

Events on the planetary crisis led by young activists from around the world. Much needed chance to build community and find some positive actions in these dark times.
April 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Fun couple of days in the collections helping PhD student Sidney to measure mammal vertebrae (my role was less measuring and more typing numbers into a spreadsheet!). Look at this lovely sloth we found! 🦥
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Resharing this for the evening crowd! If you're in London 30th April - 3rd May please join us!
March 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Forgot to include the lovely image!
March 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In today’s “what’s on Natalie’s desk” excitement - lemur skulls! Here’s a skull of a mouse lemur, the smallest type of lemur (Microcebus spp. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_l... ~ 25 species) and an indri the largest living lemur species (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indri)
March 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Please enjoy this lovely Chillingham bull from Northumberland. Only about 150 individuals of this breed exist en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillin... You can go on “safari” to see them!
March 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Today we’re in the ungulate collections measuring some legs…
March 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Lol I’m now going to end up in Bluesky jail for all these inappropriate images! It’s history! Here’s a bonus owl from www.basilicasanclemente.com in Rome. It’s a historical layer cake with a 1st century temple, then a 6th century church on top of that, and a 12th century basilica on top.
February 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Or a swan…
February 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM