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NEW @BioDivLibrary colour version of The fishes of Malabar https://t.co/aYrPFW6W26 as requested by a BHL user - you ask we act!

One of the best British scientific botanical artists of the 20th century - Stella Ross Craig (1906-2006) illustrated over 1,300 species in her monumental Drawings of British Plants series (1948-1973) #WomenArtists #UKPlants #Botany #BNH

There are 22 species of beaked whale in UK. Cuvier's beaked whale dives deeper & longer than any other mammal. Learn more about UK species with @NHM_London UK Species Inventory Project https://t.co/jlYuSrVJQ1 #BNH #ArchibaldThorburn

16 - the number of scientifically accurate compositions of British plant habitats by Barbara Nicholson (1906-1978) commissioned by the @NHM_London in the 1970s for educational posters. Her Scottish pine forests watercolour is on display in the Images of Nature Gallery #BNH

Christmas cards all written? The Shaggy ink cap is so named due to the black inky liquid it produces as it decomposes (autodigests) that is believed to have been historically used as writing ink #BNH

9 Puffins (Fratercula arctica) from the Shetland sketchbooks of Muriel Dawson (1897-1974). Puffins can be used as excellent bioindicators of the environment despite their nick name of "clowns of the sea" #BNH

8 sea slugs - we love these! No.3 Tritonia hombergi is the largest sea slug in the British Isles whilst Doris pseudoargus (no.4) is the most common aka the 'sea lemon'. See them in the Images of Nature Gallery! #BNH

Populus tremula subsp. grandidentata, common aspen. Florence Helen Woolward's (1854-1936) illustrations of poplar and elm trees demonstrate her draughtsmanship & botanical expertise, here creating a 3D effect with the catkins both behind & in front of the branch #NationalTreeWeek

These alien looking lifeforms are actually Hydroids and Hydromedusae that can be found in the waters of the British Isles! 1/2 #explorearchives @explorearchives @NHM_London

Here's a Smilodon putting the 'cat' into 'catwalk' #ArchiveCatwalk #ExploreArchives #Sabretooth @NHM_London @explorearchives