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Scientific knowledge of the pangolin or scaly anteater has increased significantly in recent history. Our collections reflect the historical development of such research and provide access to the most update scientific research into this incredible mammal #WorldPangolinDay

Ferdinand #Bauer sailed with botanist Robert Brown to #Australia on the voyage of the Investigator. Leaving Spithead in 1801 under the command of Matthew Flinders, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate Australia. Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus
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Today we remember #RemembranceDay #WeWillRemember #LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay

The final 3 pieces of our #megapuzzle #PalaeoArt #FossilFriday

Now we have a tail, pelvis and legs for you! #megapuzzle #palaeoart #ThrowbackThursday

In 1868, Baines accepted a commission from the South African Gold Fields Exploration Co. to prospect for gold in southern Africa. This would be his last expedition as he died in Durban in 1875. The paintings from this expedition, purchased in 1886 by @NHM_London #NaturesExplorers

Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin (1727-1817). The Dutch scientist who was sent by Francis I (Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire), to lead a voyage to tropical America, collecting plants for the Schönbrunn Palace #NaturesExplorers @Shop_at_NHM @NHM_London

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) naturalist and scientific artist, who realised the importance of placing her research in wider scientific context, including adding Latin names. Her work provided eminent naturalists with a basis for taxonomic description #NaturesExplorers

It's our 7th #MyTwitterAnniversary You can't see it but trust me we are blowing our party blowers like billio, just like this Sarah Stone (1760-1844) chameleon. OK so we know it's a tongue, but we are too delirious to care! Thank you to all our followers! Lots more to come!

"To fulfil a wish I had long entertained, of dedicating to our most gracious Queen one of the loveliest of the ornithological productions of her antipodal dominions..." Victoria's riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae), in Gould's Birds of Australia (1869) @BioDivLibrary #Victoria200