"Of 22 sites being held on a waiting list, before designation, 14 were at risk from development. That's 64% of potential SSSI's, and the wildlife living within them, at risk of being lost."

Why did BBC Breakfast give Reform UK a special graphic? A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.

NEW | On an odd choice…

WHY DID BBC BREAKFAST GIVE REFORM UK A SPECIAL GRAPHIC?

A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.

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Delightful archive finds! Or, literally, in this case a 1764 book called "A delight for the eyes and the mind, or, A general collection of the different species of seashells found in the sea" by Georg Wolfgang Knorr, a German engraver. The book features colourful and finely drawn (cont.)

Our Education Manager points at a copy of Systema Naturae, a large open book in our library. A group of children in high-vis jackets are looking at the book. Cartoon illustrations of plants and animals decorate the edges of the photograph.

Discover the fascinating world of nature at our Special Home-Educated Families Day!

Join us on May 5th at 1:30pm for a 90-minute KS2 Classification Workshop for children aged 7–11. This interactive session will explore how scientists organise and understand life on Earth.

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It's #WorldCurlewDay! Did you know that these ground-nesting birds are the largest European wading bird?

Help us look after and protect these wonderful birds by keeping dogs on a lead and sticking to footpaths when visiting the Lake District National Park.

📸Andy Hay

'Evening Sun From Southwark Bridge' (2015) by Benjamin Hope
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"We accidentally made an animated graphic for Reform and then did a party political broadcast for them by mistake."

We’re so pleased to support #EarthRaise!

Does Nature Have Rights? An Evening with a Barrister for Earth Can a planet have rights? Award-winning barrister Monica Feria-Tinta explores nature’s day in court at the Linnean Society.

Tomorrow at the Linnean Society! 6 pm - a few tickets still available.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982876762...

Amanda Tuke photographed with binoculars lowered just below her face is superimposed over a block print of tree branches over a city background.

Join Amanda Tuke, author of 'Wild Pavements - Exploring Britain's Cities with an Urban Naturalist' in a guided Nature Walk around Notting Hill Gate this Summer!

@amandatuke.bsky.social

📍 Notting Hill Gate Station, London, England
📆 Jun 2 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm

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Fellowships | The School for Moral Ambition Our fellowships offer a transformative journey, demanding full commitment as you pivot your career among ambitious peers. With guidance from top-tier guest speakers, we focus on what truly matters — e...

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Greater Manchester Police has found "no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting" in the Gorton and Denton by-election, after Reform made a complaint over alleged "family voting"

The investigation looked at potential offences under the Representation of the People Act

Emily Barnett is superimposed atop a photograph of a flower embroidered onto a circle hoop. The thread is a brilliant gold.

Workshop | Goldwork & Advanced Embroidery

Join us in our historic and peaceful library with Emily Barnett: artist, designer and tutor specialising in Hand Embroidery and is currently working at the Royal School of Needlework’s Embroidery Studio.

20 April 10am-4pm

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A screenshot of the Paper Trail blog series webpage, showing four blog thumbnails with striking photographs of different animals. The first is a brightly coloured spider for the blog "The Politics of Taxonomy - Tangled in a Web of Inequalities". The second is of two mouse lemurs looking sweetly up to the left, over the blog "Out on a Limb: How Primates Jump in the Trees". The third is of an elephant emerging from behind a tree in tall grass in soft lighting, above the blog "Elephant Poo is a World Class Fertilizer... Sometimes". The final one is a blue-lit beetle, proud and mysterious, almost mirroring the posture and form of the elephant to its right, above the blog "Ghosts of the Past: How DNA Reveals an Extinct Island Lineage".

📣 Call for writers!

Are you an early career researcher? University student? Science communicator? Know someone who is? We're always looking for new Guest Bloggers to contribute to our journal blog The Paper Trail! Have a read below, or check out our vacancies page to apply.

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'Now Hiring: Engagement Officer. Help to deliver our vibrant programme of events, education and outreach! Application deadline 19 April.' Text is surrounded by drawings of animals, Carl Linnaeus, with pastel colours and stars.

Join our team as an Engagement Officer, helping to deliver our vibrant programme of events, education and outreach!

Application deadline is 19 April, or get in touch with us at hr@linnean.org if you wish to discuss the role.

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It's soon! How did a plant poison become one of medicine’s oldest drugs... and why did plants make it in the first place?

Join Professor Dorian Haskard on Wednesday to discover how the evolutionary plant-insect arms race led to a unique treatment for gout.

25 March, 6pm to 8pm

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The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, Washington DC

A blue poster with an outline of a human, set over the section of Systema Naturae describing Primates. The text reads "Homo sapiens: Classifying the human animal. Unpacking the origins of Linnaeus' classification of human beings. Free Exhibition, 12:00-16:00 Tues-Fri. Opens 17 March 2026. The Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BF. www.linnean.org"

Our new exhibition, Homo Sapiens, opens next week, and we're launching it with a panel discussion with our Curatorial Board on 19 March.

Join us to get an insight into the exhibition, which explores Linnaeus’ classification of humans and its legacies.

Tickets at buff.ly/LA4tBB0

Women haven’t always had equal space in learned societies, yet most of our staff are women. For #IWD2026, we celebrate the colleagues who help make the Society what it is today. We invited them to reflect on this year's theme of justice and action and the barriers women still face: buff.ly/oY03aSN

Painting of a young white girl, upper half, with her back to the viewer, standing by a window in an interior, there are bottles on the windowsill with flowering twigs in them

'Spring at the Window' by Tetyana Yablonska (1917-2006), Ukrainian painter #WomensArt

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

Poster with text in black and white

One of the iconic posters of the Guerrilla Girls, US artists devoted to fighting sexism in the art world since 1985 #Womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

A green graphic of illustrated animals surrounding the text: "Now Hiring Education Manager (Parental Leave Cover). £34,000 per annum. Application deadline: Sunday 8 March 2026, 23:00 (GMT)". A cartoon of Carl Linnaeus looks up towards some of the animals through binoculars.

One week left to apply for our Education Manager role!

Inspiring young people about nature and ensuring their voices are heard is vital to achieve our vision. We are looking for parental leave cover to manager our educational workshops, events and grants.

Apply by midnight 8 March: buff.ly/M2qGvt2

Open Access Resources Explore the wealth of content available within The Linnean Society of London's website.

The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social is the oldest learned society dedicated to the science of natural history 🕷️🦋

And they have a comprehensive list of Open Access resources on their website 👀

Have a browse 👉 buff.ly/MBemvXe

Realizing I should include the main things you should do to support native bees/other insects

1) Plant native plants
2) Don't use pesticides, and tell your friends and neighbors to stop using pesticides
3) Leave fallen leaves in the winter
4) Leave dead stems over winter for overwintering critters

Free downloadable lesson plans and resources will be available during the live broadcast, which will include an interactive Q&A.

There's still time to register for the live lessons:
10:30, Tuesday 10 March
13:30, Thursday 12 March

Contact learning@linnean.org to register your interest!

Two people are being filmed in front of a portrait of Charles Darwin. They are smiling and have their arms open towards each other.

Sneak peek #BTS as we prepare for our Science and Belief workshops for British Science Week, in partnership with Westminster Abbey.

The free, 60-minute workshops are for KS2 and explore the fascinating relationship between science and belief, encouraging thoughtful discussion and curiosity.

This is the real measure of global overheating. It’s looking incredibly bad: | Rupert Read This is the real measure of global overheating. It’s looking incredibly bad:

“25 Hiroshima bombs per second…”

French baker Loïc Nervi bakes bread in Troyeshchyna, Kherson, and Kramatorsk. Locals call him Vitalik.

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he has been baking bread for elderly people in frontline and hard-hit areas, writes Hromadske. 1/