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For #WorldEmojiDay we have used https://t.co/ksldzxFB8C to recreate this green bottle fly (Lucilia caesar) out of emojis. What do you think? 🤓@NHM_Diptera @flygirlNHM @Emojipedia #YearOfTheFly #digitalart #emoji #naturalhistorycollections #scicomms #diptera #worldemojiday2019
Discovered by the Tupi-Guaraní Indian tribe, this fruit was named pineapple by european explorers in 1493 due to its resemblance to a pine cone. In many countries it is known as ananas from the Tupi word nanas meaning excellent fruit #InternationalPineappleDay #pineappleday 🍍
We would love to hear about any research using @NHM_London butterfly and moth data. Find out more about British moths and download a free ID guide @savebutterflies #MothsMatter #MothMonday #MondayMotivation #OpenData
We haven't yet scanned the largest land animal on Earth, so this #worldgiraffeday we will have to instead make do with this tiny giraffe louse instead. (1/2)
"An understanding of the natural world and what’s in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfilment." Happy 93rd Birthday to ambassador of nature Sir #DavidAttenborough - who has had many species named after him including this butterfly Euptychia attenboroughi
John James Audubon born #OTD in 1785, collector & painter of American birds. The Museum has some fantastic Audobon #objects as part of the collection such as this illustration of two passenger pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius) #Archive30 @NHM_Library
Stunning egg illustrations from the Ova Avium, one of the earliest books on bird eggs available @BioDivLibrary #OpenAccess @NHM_oology #HappyEaster #Oology #EasterEggs https://t.co/RtbBldm1fp
Darwin died #OTD in 1882 but his ideas and contributions to science continue to aid our understanding of the natural world. We have scanned some of his fossil mammals in 3D to enable his collection to be shared around the world. find out more at https://t.co/gxyNfMhIhS
Sir #HansSloane was #BOTD in 1660. His collections occupy a central position in @NHM_London and @BritishMuseum history. Find out how we created new innovative hardware out of @Lego to tackle digitisation of the Sloane Herbarium volumes. https://t.co/8VWA2eRsju
Mylodon darwinii joins the rest of the Darwin fossil mammal collection that have been digitised including the Toxodon and Megatherium visit https://t.co/gxyNfMhIhS to find out more this #DarwinDay #DarwinDay2019 #CharlesDarwin @EnglishHeritage @HomeofDarwin @HunterianLondon