News, Blogs and Essays
The Linnean Society’s precursor: The Society for Promoting Natural History
From its founding principle to methods of sharing scientific accounts and specimens with wider audiences, the Society for Promoting Natural History, in many ways, shaped the Linnean Society of London into what it is today
26th August 2020
AdoptLINN finds new donors
From North American forestry to Native American culture and to the fascinating world of mosses, several donors are helping us protect and conserve our Collections
26th August 2020
Opuscula Unbound: Organising our 'Little Works'
Janet Ashdown and Leonie Berwick look into some of the Society's opuscula, discovering a quirk or two along the way.
29th July 2020
Metal and memories of World War 2
On occasion, we find mysterious artefacts in our collections. In this case, an old bullet. Curator of Artefacts Glenn Benson finds out more...
8th July 2020
The Results of the 2019-20 BioMedia Competition!
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the BioMedia Meltdown Competition this year. Here are the announcements that you've all been waiting for!
1st July 2020
After the Present Fire: The Linnean Society during the Second World War
During WW2, ‘sheltering in place’ was not an option for our collections, that eventually travelled to several locations. Isabelle Charmantier, Head of Collections, writes about these journeys, and how the war led to new ways of doing things.
26th June 2020