Research Collection (page 9)

Scientists in Sri Lanka
Scientist searching for apple snails in a drain at Kabugannawa, Sri Lanka. Scientists on a trip that was part of a programme funded by the Darwin Initiative

Volunteer working at the Natural History Museum, London
Volunteer using microscope to examine zoological specimen

Kim Goodger with butterfly specimen
Kim Goodger a curator at The Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is a Papilio sp

Scientist working with parasitic worms
Museum scientist working with parasitic worms in a zoology laboratory

Collecting insects
A trap of funnels set out in the forest to collect insects as they fall from the trees after fogging

Taxonomic research in the fish section
Research on the fish collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Tommaso Salvadori (1835-1923)
Count Adelaro Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti was one of ten eminent ornithologists who assisted Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Head of the Bird Section. Image shows Tommaso working on flamingoes, c. 1890

Entomology Department
Entomology department at the Natural History Museum, London. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Scientist in Sri Lanka
Fred Naggs searching for land snails in low vegetation in an area of montane rainforest close to Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. The trip to Sri Lanka was part of a programme funded by the Darwin Initiative

Max Barclay with beetle specimen

Microbiology laboratory in the Darwin Centre
Scientists working in the microbiology laboratory in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Chart of oceanic section, Tenerife to Sombrero
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Chart of oceanic section, Bermuda to Azores
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Apparatus from laboratory on board H. M. S. Challenger
Drawing made during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Chart of oceanic section, to St. Pauls Rocks

Chart of oceanic section, Tristan D Acunha to Cape of Good H
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Mic-Mac Indian hut, Halifax (1873)
The voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Four species of Galapagos finch
With different beaks. From Charles Darwins Journal of Researches

Bird skins
Specimens from the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Collecting moths at light
Dr Gaden Robinson collecting moths at light, Rampayoh R. valley, Brunei

Analysing room on board H. M. S. Challenger
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for the purpose of scientific discovery

Palaeontologist at work
A palaeontologist unearths a fossil specimen using a geologists hammer

Scientist working in Entomology Department
Entomologist working with arachnid collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Antarctic Discovery Collections
Specimens preserved in toxic formalin carry clear hazard labels to alert researchers. This batch forms a very small part of the extensive Antartic Discovery Collections

Scientist at work at The Natural History Museum, London
Accurate identification of copepod crustaceans is a time consuming task for specialists, requiring meticulous sorting, dissection, and the use of high resolution microscopy

Book spine of Darwins Researches
Spine of Researches in Geology and Natural History (1839) by Charles Darwin

DNA Laboratory at the Natural History Museum
Scientist at work in a DNA Laboratory at the Natural History Museum, London, 1997

Laboratory in the Darwin Centre
Scientist working in a laboratory in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Vicki Noble with botanical specimen
Vicki Noble a curator of higher plants in the Botany Department at The Natural History Museum, London

Botanical specimens stored in the herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Scientist at work in the Darwin Centre
A stranded harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, is examined to establish its age, diet, the number of parasites it bears, and the likely cause of death

Hyperoodon ampullatus, northern bottlenose whale
Skeleton of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus), also known as the Thames Whale, which became stranded in the River Thames. Seen here on display with mammal expert Richard Sabin

Entomologist with insect specimens
An entomologist working on the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

The Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Photograph of the interior of the Darwin Centre, a state-of-the-art scientific research and collections facility at the Natural History Museum, London which opened in Septmber 2009

Zoology specimens
Specimens held in the Zoology department of the Natural History Museum, London

Laboratory work
A scientist at work in the Zoology Department at the Natural History Museum, London

Library
The library at the Natural History Museum, London

Insect collecting
Using electric nets to collect insects, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico

Excavations, Pakistan
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London engage in excavations in Pakistan in search for fossil mammals dating back one million years

6 million year old fossils
Searching for 6 million year old fossils, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Elephant rib
An elephant rib that is approximately 6 million years old. From Paleo field trip, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Goniometer
For measuring face angles to check symmetry and aid identification

Observing structure of rock
Looking at fresh granite under a microscope to study structure, granular composition can clearly be seen

Entomologist with moth specimens
An entomologist working on the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Title Page of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin

Charles Davies Sherborn (1861-1942)
Portrait of Charles Davies Sherborn, a British naturalist and geologist. Image from Squire by John Roxborough Norman (1898-1944)

Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich (1849-1936). Russian physiologist, Nobel Prize in 1904

SPAIN. Barcelona. Biomedical Research Park (Parc de Recerca Biom褩 ca), building by Manuel Brullet y Albert Pineda, 2000. Architecture

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