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  • 05Mar

    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

  • 08Mar

    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. 

  • 07Jun

    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?

  • 18Jun

    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.

  • 21Jun

    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..........

  • 22Jun

    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?

  • 29Jun

    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?