We are pleased to announce that our Founders' Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Max Telford, UCL. Title: Are we really more closely related to starfish than to earthworms? Where: Linnean Society When: Friday November 1st, 6PM. Details: tinyurl.com/2wp9xwnz
An annual event honouring the founders of the Systematics Association. An evening lecture delivered by a prominent invited systematist. In person event, free attendance.
Plant life, plant horror: Or, Can a Vegetable Be a Monster? Linnean Society, 30 October 6pm members.linnean.org/events/66e0795…y #plans #planthorror
@PDChina: There are nine different species of the critically endangered Chinese giant salamander, but only four have been named by scientists and only two have had their conservation status assessed, according to a study recently published in Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society. https://t.co
Wow! My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871),' published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, has now been viewed over 45K times! 😲 Please keep sharing: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...#histsci#histbio#QueerInSTEM 🗃️
I there is only one animal common name that you cannot spell backwards, because it already IS spelt backwards: EWE (female sheep). There are many more palindromic Linnean names however, including a hoverfly /Xela alex/... [I can find no online photos - you need to mount and expedition immediately!]
Alvarado, K.G., et al., 2024. Pollination ecology of Dracula erythrochaete (Orchidaceae): brood-site imitation or food deception?. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, boae054, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae054 ($)
Our door is always open! Welcome to THE LINNEAN ROOM #books#nature#linnean#history#geography#voyages#travelwww.ikfoundation.org/books-and-ar...
Post a butterfly to celebrate 10 million users on Bluesky! 🦋 1865 plate depicting four forms of the polymorphous orchard swallowtail: (fig. 2) male; (fig. 1) first form of female; (fig. 3) second form of female; (fig. 4) third form of female. See ALT text for more . . . #histsci#QueerInSTEM 🌱🐋🗃️
The mechanics of male courtship display behaviour in the Ptiloris riflebirds (Aves: Paradisaeidae) | academic.oup.com/bio...#ornithology
