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.
Learn more about the Greeks and their temples with our trail. Then join and recreate one of our statues using plasticine.
Are you interested in the Greeks and their temples? Do you like finding things? Our Meet the Greeks trail is perfect for children (and adults) who want to explore the museum at their own pace.
Join art historian Anne Lyles and curator Jane Munro for a unique in-person tour of Hockney's Eye: The art and technology of depiction, focussing on how earlier artists used optical devices to draw.
Students and under 18s can contact us directly to request free tickets, please email tickets@museums.cam.ac.uk.
Helena g Anderson is a photographer and designer based in Cambridgeshire. In March 2016, she developed Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS), a condition that causes facial paralysis. Told by consultants that a full recovery was unlikely, Helena retreated within herself, struggling to come to terms with the news. “I felt empty, filled only with disbelief,” she says.
Helena g Anderson is a photographer and designer based in Cambridgeshire. In March 2016, she developed Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS), a condition that causes facial paralysis. Told by consultants that a full recovery was unlikely, Helena retreated within herself, struggling to come to terms with the news. “I felt empty, filled only with disbelief,” she says.
Join the exhibition curators for a unique in-person introductory tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum portion of Hockney's Eye, an exhibition exploring David Hockney’s interactions with artists of the past and with technologies of viewing, both past and present.
Come and see the newly discovered fossil of Arthropleura, the largest arthropod to have ever lived.
On display will be the partial remains of this 2.6m long animal along with new information the Museum has learnt from the discovery.
Using wildlife of the past to guide conservation of the future
This exhibition will use UK butterfly specimens from our collections to showcase the natural world and environmental change. It highlights the research that conservationists today are undertaking to reverse long-term declines, including people based here in the Museum.
To celebrate International Women's Day 2022, the Museum of Zoology will be joined by a panel of four amazing female scientists introducing their research and answering your questions.
Panellists include:
Dr Elia Benito-Gutierrez, Senior Research Associate and Group Leader, researching the evolutionary origins of complex structures in the vertebrate head.
