Stories from our Collections

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

Stories from our Journals

Society and Staff News

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

Out of the Andes, Always Something New

How a new species of tropical butterfly eluded discovery by hiding in the snow

10th January 2025

"The Night-mare Life-In-Death was she": Nautical Drawings in the Sketchbook of Richard Owen

This month, Project Archivist Alex Milne dusts off her English Literature degree to examine Richard Owen's sketchbook anew and emerges with an abiding love of the albatross.

2nd January 2025

A Secret Treasure: Anna Atkins’s Cyanotype Impressions of British Algae

This month, independent photographic historian Dr Rose Teanby FRPS, discusses the binding and photographic significance of the Linnean Society's three precious Anna Atkins Cyanotype volumes.

5th December 2024