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Free webinar with Gavin Broad. A World of Wasps: Researching the Ichneumonid Wasps Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:00 - 20:00 BST 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-world-of-w…

Heinrichiella are lovely wasps and I’m very grateful to 'PK' 🏳️‍🌈 for showing me them!

Diatoms are used as indicators of environmental conditions and global change, but species of these planktonic algae can have highly variable form - David Williams using the NHM Botany collection for the challenging taxonomy of Actinodiscus ingens doi.org/10.1080/026924…

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Are you an artist? Do you use our digital collection? if so we want to hear from you this #SciArtSeptember so we can shout about your work. This stunning jewellery by Jade Mellor is inspired by the caddisfly collection, visit jademellor.com to see more of Jade's work

This week Digitising the NHM will be sharing some artists who work with the Digital Collection to celebrate #SciArtSeptember. If you are inspired to create art based on the Museum's collection we would love to know. Drop us a comment below ⤵️ 🎨

Our revision of the simplex species group of Triepeolus is now published in European Journal of Taxonomy: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20…. Included are 18 species, of which seven are newly described.

Can wasps use mind control? 🤔 Find out in this fascinating #SurprisingScience 👇

The Darwin Tree of Life has sequenced the #DNA of the Northern Bottlenose Dolphin. Analysing the DNA may help investigate the demographic history to assess the impact of historical whaling on genetic diversity & peer into population structure patterns. 🧬 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-410

Congrats to the Ensembl team! #DYK that Ensembl is a genome browser for vertebrate genomes that supports research in comparative genomics, evolution, sequence variation & transcriptional regulation? Add your favorite Darwin Tree of Life emoji to join in the thread below...

Great action shot of Zatypota anomala attacking a Dictyna spider!

Artist and educator ⁦Marian Hill⁩ has been inspired by the digital collection to create scientifically accurate collages of British insects to encourage more community engagement with nature. #SciArtSeptember #illustration

While our digital collections are available for free for everyone to explore - Marian's illustrations and workshops demonstrate the importance of biodiversity and empower action in those who may never have come into contact with the Museum #SciArtSeptember #DigitalCollection

Taxonomy of Japanese Gonatopus (#Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), with description of a #newspecies mapress.com/zt/article/vie… #Taxonomy

We just couldn't resist. It's time we joined in with #Leptember. Will you join us and tag us? Read this enchanting Genome Note & 📸 by Gavin Broad Science at the Natural History Museum. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-412 With adults are on the wing in July-August in Britain, meet the Dark Crimson Underwing.

Learn about the fascinating lives of Leafcutter Bees and how to identify them in our upcoming webinar with Liam Olds Liam Olds 🐝🌿 Book your FREE place here: tickettailor.com/events/tanypte…

Termites - genome science gives a new family tree for this group of social cockroaches, crucial to tropical ecosystems - research from Hellemans Simon, NHM Paul Eggleton Paul Eggleton Tom Bourguignon/Evolutionary Genomics Unit, OIST &al. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…