Have you ever wanted to chat with an animal? Now you can chat with 13 of our specimens with our AI experiment. All you need to do is to scan the QR code next to the specimen and start chatting!
These are specimens that you can talk to:
Dodo
Giant sloth
Fin whale
Narwhal
Cockroach family
Starting on International Women's Day, Saturday 8th March 2025 - discover the research projects of twenty women scientists in zoology. Labels throughout the Museum will introduce you to the women working in science today and explain the amazing research work that they are undertaking in the Department of Zoology.
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?
This year's Zoology Live! livestream is all about insects - join us online as Dr Roz Wade chats LIVE to Erica McAlister, expert in flies and Senior Curator at the Natural History Museum. Have your questions ready for Erica, as she enlightens us on the amazing world of flies and fleas.
Join us for our biggest annual Family Day of the year - Zoology Live! INSECTOPIA - and this year it's all about insects! We have a packed day of family activities including a series of expert mini-lectures in the Department of Zoology lecture theatre, plus live insects, crafts & a Museum trail plus more..........
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?
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?
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