We'll be chatting with experts about how to support wildlife & looking at the wildlife in the Botanic Garden. You will have the opportunity to put your questions live to our experts.
Zoology Live! is running on two nights - on Tuesday 21 June at 7pm, we will be livestreaming from the Museum, and Wednesday 22 June, we will be at the Botanic Garden. Hope you can join us on both nights!
Get your questions ready! You will have the chance to put your questions LIVE to our experts. We'll be talking to experts on butterflies and Australian mammals - plus lots of activities and mini films to watch. This is a FREE online event for the whole family.
It takes place on two nights - Tuesday 21st June at 7pm from the Museum and on Wednesday 22nd June we will be broadcasting live from Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
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Join us over Zoom as Matt Hayes talks about the Butterflies Through Time project.
Over the last two years the Butterflies Through Time Project has aimed to engage people with the natural world and environmental change, both past and present, by linking historical museum collections with contemporary conservation initiatives. Join Matt Hayes as he gives an overview of the project; from museum specimens and modern wildlife conservation, to public engagement events and adapting to a global pandemic.
In this beautifully considered exhibition, explore the inventive ways artists in the 18th and 19th centuries recorded fleeting moments in nature, capturing the effects of light, drama, and atmosphere first-hand in the open air.
We’ll be checking in with our home planet’s health: exploring how scientists check its vital signs, take its pulse over millions of years and identify the signs of – and treatments for – climate and environmental change.
Hear first-hand from Cambridge researchers as they guide you through the inner workings of Earth’s climate system, introduce you to their detective tool-kit and explore what we can all do to build a happier, healthier planet.
This event is jointly hosted by Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences.
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We’ll be checking in with our home planet’s health: exploring how scientists check its vital signs, take its pulse over millions of years and identify the signs of – and treatments for – climate and environmental change.
Hear first-hand from Cambridge researchers as they guide you through the inner workings of Earth’s climate system, introduce you to their detective tool-kit and explore what we can all do to build a happier, healthier planet.
This event is jointly hosted by Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences.
Drop in
Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt explores truth, authenticity and value, as well as globalisation, the coronavirus pandemic and current geopolitical crises.
Email education@botanic.cam.ac.uk to book your place.
Join us for a botanical poetry reading in the Garden, where a lineup of green-loving poets will take us on a journey of scientific, sensory, and personal discovery in the plant realm.
Around 3,000 medicinal and aromatic plants are traded internationally, with the majority (60-90%) harvested directly from the wild. Most wild plants are harvested and traded with little consideration for sustainability or whether local harvesters are fairly paid or treated with dignity and respect for the products they produce.
‘Animals don’t do sexual identity; they just do sex.’
From same-sex sexual behaviour in giraffes and penguins to the scientists working in the field of zoology. How do the labels and categories we give animals affect the way we interact with the natural world?
Our volunteer guides share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world at the Museum of Zoology.
