Brachiopods from the Ordovician Fezouata Shale (Morocco) - a biodiversity hub in Gondwana onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Dryad Wiley Earth and Space Science IGCP 735 Natural Sciences NMS National Museums Scotland

It's #ScottishMuseumsDay and so we'd like to share some #TinyTreasures from our collections ✨ Here's ‘The Highland Midge’ (bear with us...) Their scientific name is ‘Culicoides impunctatus’. Or simply ‘midgie’ in Scots. 🌦️ They thrive in humid, wet and cloudy conditions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank you Jason Gilchrist for capturing our vertebrate preparators in action 📸 Last week they were conducting vital post-mortem sampling of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), that unfortunately washed up in Edinburgh, following entanglement.

Join NSCAlliance American Institute of Biological Sciences & SPNHC for a webinar about #repatriation, #NAGPRA, and how it relates to natural history collections. 🗓️ November 7, 2024 ⏲️ 3:00-4:00 PM Eastern Learn more and register: io.aibs.org/nagpra

All fossils are special. But some #fossils are more special. Granton Shrimp Bed, much researched by late great Professor Euan Clarkson who passed away earlier this year. #NationalFossilDay #fossil #paleontology #palaeontology #ScottishGeology #ScottishFossils #Scotland #FossilDay

Museum collections are invaluable for many reasons. But if nobody knows they exist, their utility is diminished. This is why digitizing is essential. We would love to hear what biodiversity collections mean to you! Tell us by filling out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The gauntlet's been laid down for a return match between Bat Conservation Trust & Buglife; vote for who's best in #BatsVsBeetles! 🪲#TeamBeetle will be joined by @AshWhiffin & M. G. Leonard & 🦇#TeamBat by @gailbatlady & her bats from North Lancashire Bat Group. More info 👇 tickettailor.com/events/bcteven…

Applications are now open for the free, online course Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections offered through iDigBio’s Digitization Academy. The course takes place December 16-19. Learn more, including application link, at digitizationacademy.org/courses.

Visiting our Palaeo collection today is Dr Sandy Hetherington from The University of Edinburgh, with PhD students - Rosa Parkin and Diego Sanchez Ganfornina. They're examining some of our important Rhynie Chert material as part of their research. #Fossils #Palaeobiology #NaturalHistory

Happy #Halloween Once more it’s time for the Dracula Bug :) (sampled from #wildlifegarden 10ish years ago) Natural History Museum - @AshWhiffin In her maggot years picked this out of one of the samples much to all our joy

#FlyFriday: Taxonomists have to do a great deal of detective work, as demonstrated by this new publication from Dr Andrew Ross, Dr Erica McAlister & team! 📄 "A fly in the ointment: the re-discovered holotype of ‘Trypeta’ cylindrica..." mapress.com/zt/article/vie… 📷 Trustees of the NHM

Celebrating the start of a new month with the aptly-named November moth (Epirrita dilutata)! 🍂 Find out how you can give moths a helping hand through autumn and winter in your #WildSpace 👉 wild-spaces.co.uk/jobs-for-novem… 📸 : Peter Maton #MothMonday #MothsMatter

Museum folks, are you interested in boosting #biodiversity on your sites? 🌱🍄🐝 Of course you are, and we have just the event for you! 🗓️ Thursday, January 23, 2025 (2:30 - 3:30pm) #NMCCbiodiversity NMS Partnerships eventbrite.co.uk/e/enhancing-bi…

“To make an impact on the global stage, our voice must be unified" 📢 That was the highlight made by Edwin Van Huis, CETAF's President, in the first #CETAF56 Director's Summit. Check out the details of the meeting, hosted by the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid 👉cetaf.org/elementor-1102…

Huge congratulations to our volunteer Katty Baird on receiving this NBN Trust award! Much deserved recognition! 👏👏👏 #MothsMatter

6th January 2025 — Fife

If you want DOUBLE THE AGATES we’re also sharing agates over on bsky (same handle as here) and insta (scottishagates365)

Join us for a Carrion beetles workshop on Fri 31 January, 13:30 – 17:00 at the National Museum’s Collections in Granton, Edinburgh, led by Ashleigh Whiffin. Free, but BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Please register on Eventbrite: shorturl.at/V8S92 📷by Ashleigh Whiffin National Museums Scotland

A new two-part documentary about Saving Wildcats will be broadcast on BBC ALBA tomorrow at 9:00pm 🎉 'Wildcats: Cait ann an Cunnart' follows the team's release of captive bred wildcats into the Cairngorms National Park. Watch live or on demand ➡ bbc.in/425ZNC2

Do you work for or volunteer with a museum? Are you interested in supporting #biodiversity on the site? 🐞🌱 We'll be sharing our experience of doing just that! Join us Thursday 23 January (2:30 - 3:30pm): eventbrite.co.uk/e/enhancing-bi… #NMCCbiodiversity