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Beached whales alive in a Cornish village, 1932The people of Perranporth, a village not far from Newquay, Cornwall, have just had the surprise of their lives. Eight whales have been found on the beach washed up during a gale
GargoyleOne of the many gargoyles which adorn the exterior of the Natural History Museum, London. Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s
Carboniferous crinoid gardenArtists impression of Carboniferous (354 to 290 million years ago) underwater crinoid garden
Group of Adeliee Penguins, Cape AdareAdeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick
Istiophorus platypterus, SailfishA sailfish is able to swim at over 100 km per hour
Natural History Museum flag flying at the Natural History Museum, London
Acherontia atropos, deaths head hawkmothIllustration from Familiar British Insects (1887) by Theo Johnson
Tenthredinidae, Tenthredo, Symphyta
Adeliee Penguin groupAdeliee penguin photographs taken during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick
Spermophila supercilarisPlate 7 from Gyula Madaraszs Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesammte Ornithologie, Vol. 2, (1885) Annotated Spermophila superciliaris. This science name is no longer valid
Cynocephala hardyi Endrodi, scarab beetleA scarab beetle (Cynocephala hardyi Endrodi) from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Aglais urticae, small tortoiseshell butterflyScanning electron microscope image showing the head of a small tortoiseshell butterfly (x 25 on a standard 9cm wide print). This image has been coloured artificially by computer
Natural History Museum PondView from the Pond in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden
Felis silvestris ornata, Asian steppe wildcatFelis ornata. Plate from A Monograph of the Felidae, or Family of the Cats, 1833, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. One of 43 hand-coloured lithographs by Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
View of the entrance into Port Jackson HarbourDrawing 4 from the Watling Collection titled A View of the Entrance into Port Jackson Harbour by a Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Parus ater, coal tit, Parus major, great titPlate 25 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
View across Sydney Cove from the hospital towards GovernmentDrawing LS 6 from the Watling Collection titled Taken from the West side of Sydney Cove behind the Hospital by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Whaling boatsA photograph from A Cruise in the Arctic (1888) by Livingstone-Learmonth
Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian waxwingPlate 34 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Le deluge asiatiqueFig 312 from La Terre Avant Le Deluge (1863) by Par Louis Figuier
Drawing 22 from the Watling Collection
Sturnus vulgaris, starling
Resin from a cedar treeResin oozing from under the bark of a cedar tree. Resin once fossilised becomes amber. Figure 3 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule
North view of Sydney CoveDrawing 17 from the Watling Collection titled North view of Sydney Cove; taken from the Flag-staff, opposite the Observatory by a Port Jackson Painter, 1793-1795
Flycatcher, elliottia, purple malve and pipitDrawin 19 from the Botanical and Zoological Drawings, 1756-1788 by William Bartram. Original artwork held in the Natural History Museum, London
Ramphastos dicolorus, red-breasted toucan
Saxicola rubetra, whinchat, Saxicola torquata, common stonecPlate 7 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Passer montanus, tree sparrow, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian bPlate 40 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)
Dasyurus viverrinus, eastern native cat or quollNative names Mer-re-a-gan and Din-e-gow-a. Detail from drawing 84, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c
Exterior view of The Natural History Museum at TringThis was once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and has been part of the Natural History Museum since 1937
View of Sydney Cove from the North shore of the harbourDrawing LS 7 from the Watling Collection titled A Direct North View of Sydney Cove and Port Jackson, the Chief British Settlement in New South Wales by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797
Bryum capillare, bryum mossesBryum mosses (bryum capillare) are noticed more in the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden during the winter months when other plants have died back. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, 2003
Taraxacum offininale, dandelion clockDandelion seeds (Taraxacum offininale) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken by Derek Adams, April 2003
Paving stones in the Wildlife Garden
Panoramic: Landscape in Madeira 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Sugar Plantation, St. Thomas 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies after a hurricaneA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Hyacinthoides nonscripta, bluebellBluebells (Hyacinthoides nonscripta) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003
Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisyOxeye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003
Prof. Charles Wyville Thomson (right) and Dr. Rudolf von WilA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Cochineal Plantation, TenerifeA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
