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

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

Assistant Archivist Luke Thorne reveals a lifetime of "patient and accurate labour"

25th January 2021

“…all-round naturalist and a born collector”: The correspondence collection of Edward Morell Holmes

6th January 2021

Working from home this year, the Collections staff has markedly increased remote access to our heritage material via our catalogues and website

17th December 2020

Conservator Janet Ashdown looks at Edward Topsell's 17th-century text 'The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents'

27th November 2020

Just like everyone in her city, Zaira, a twelve-year-old girl was excited to celebrate ‘Van Mahotsav’ by planting trees with her family.

23rd November 2020

Meet the people responsible for assessing our new nature engagement grant

5th November 2020