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Megatherium is an extinct species of giant ground sloth. Charles Darwin Collected several fossils relating to Megatherium while exploring South America on the Voyage of the Beagle. (2/5) #SomethingBig #Museum30
Our favourite @RoyalMail stamp is of Sir Joseph Banks and Passiflora aurantia. The Passiflora auranti type specimen is available on the #DataPortal #OpenAccess https://t.co/3kRihbWP2K
Some of the team are taking part in the International Conference of Phthiraptera this week. Are you at #ICP6brno today? Access @NHM_London louse data online https://t.co/yV2rL3aRRQ @vsmithuk
We have specimens from Bank's insect collection; pinned in glass topped drawers. This collection was studied by Johan Fabricus who named ~10,000 species of animal and established the basis for modern insect classification. @royalsociety @NHM_London https://t.co/VZpEFhR6kx
Only one Austrogoniodes louse species lives on a bird other than a penguin - A.metoecus on the musk duck. Researchers thought this to be related to the blue penguin louse (A.waterstoni) due to close geographical distribution in Southern Australia. #PenguinAwarenessDay
Dr Nathan Kenny is championing the Naval Shipworm (Teredo navalis) for #25genomes find out more: https://t.co/7IE9ZNucsm
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek "the Father of Microbiology" well known for his pioneering wok in the field of microscopy died #OTD in 1723
Find out what a skeleton can tell our archaeologists #FestivalOfArchaeology https://t.co/vcTkOmJNlr