The Linnean Society https://www.linnean.org/ en-GB Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:56:24 +0000 Newly Catalogued: The Richard Fitter and IUCN Collections https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/02/14/the-richard-fitter-international-union-for-conservation-of-nature-collections Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 An introduction to two new collections now available on the Linnean Society Archive catalogue Anything But Commonplace: The Lady Pleasance Smith commonplace books https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/02/11/anything-but-commonplace-the-lady-pleasance-smith-commonplace-books Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000 This month, Assistant Archivist Christina McCulloch brings us into the world of the wife of Linnean Society founder James Edward Smith, Lady Pleasance Smith, through her impressive commonplace books. Out of the Andes, Always Something New https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/01/10/out-of-the-andes-always-something-new Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:08:00 +0000 How a new species of tropical butterfly eluded discovery by hiding in the snow "The Night-mare Life-In-Death was she": Nautical Drawings in the Sketchbook of Richard Owen https://www.linnean.org/news/2025/01/02/albatross Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000 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. A Secret Treasure: Anna Atkins’s Cyanotype Impressions of British Algae https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/12/05/a-secret-treasure-anna-atkinss-photographs-of-british-algae Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 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. Our Updated Charter and Bye-Laws Take Legal Effect https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/12/05/our-updated-charter-and-bye-laws-take-legal-effect Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:30:00 +0000 Having been sealed and delivered to the Society, our updated Charter, Bye-Laws and Standing Orders have taken legal effect Why do we Care About Frog Sex? https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/11/14/why-do-we-care-about-frog-sex Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:53:00 +0000 Examining the sex metadata bias in herpetological museum collections. Our Local Nature Grant: A Review of This Year’s Youth-Led Projects https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/11/12/our-local-nature-grant-a-review-of-this-years-youth-led-projects Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:21:00 +0000 Chickens, parades, plants, bats and bugs: stories from our local nature grants of 2024. As Far as the Eye can See | Two Views of Nature https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/11/07/as-far-as-the-eye-can-see-two-views-of-nature Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0000 This month our Hon. Curator of Artefacts, Glenn Benson FLS, looks at the depiction of nature through two small landscapes in the Society’s collection. The Linnean Society signs deal with Government to secure Burlington House https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/10/30/the-linnean-society-signs-deal-with-government-to-secure-burlington-house Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:00:00 +0000 We have signed the legal documentation outlining our agreement to secure a 999-year leasehold of Burlington House. The Architect of Nature Conservation: Max Nicholson's Archive https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/10/29/the-architect-of-nature-conservation-max-nicholsons-archive Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:50:00 +0000 The latest archival collection to be released on our catalogue are the papers of foundational environmentalist Max Nicholson. His archive is the first of several important nature conservation collections currently in progress. Icons of Evolution: Why are there so many Darwin’s finches? https://www.linnean.org/news/2024/10/23/icons-of-evolution-why-are-there-so-many-darwins-finches Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:02:00 +0100 Uncover the remarkable new development in the understanding of the evolution of Darwin's finches, discovering evidence of extinctions for the first time.