Images Dated 18th April 2013 (#96)

Gloripallium pallium, glory scallop
Detail of shell ribs on the glory scallop shell (Gloripallium pallium)

Amomum zingiber Linn. ginger
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale
Close-up of the baleen inside the mouth of a gray whale on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

James Backhouse (1794-1869)
Portrait of James Backhouse, an English botanist

Archispirostreptus gigas, African giant black millipede
An African giant black millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas). This species which is native to sub-tropical and tropical regions of western Africa is one of the worlds largest millipedes which can grow

Pre-historic creatures by Benjamin Hawkins

Alphonse de Candolle (1806-1893)
Portrait of Alphonse de Candolle, a Swiss botanist

Piper ribesioides, pepper
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Piper ribesioides, pepper from Asia

W. D. Roebuck
Original photograph held within the Botany Library of The Natural History Museum, London

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)

Turbo argyrostoma, turban shell
A pair of turban shells (Turbo argyrostoma). This shallow water gastropod is named after the resemblance it bears to the Sikh headdress, it is widely spread across the Indo-Pacific

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Axinite
Specimen number BM 1969, 286. Stamps and Jowl Zawn, Roscommon Cliff, Cornwall, England

Whewellite
A specimen of the mineral Whewellite (number 1931, 1), held in the Natural History Museums Mineral Department

Homo heidelbergensis, Rhodesian or Broken Hill Man
Model of Homo heidelbergensis known as Rhodesian Man (or Broken Hill man) based on fossil evidence discovered at Broken Hill Mine, Zambia by Zwigelaar in June 1921, dating back 130, 000 years

Alligator mississippiensis, alligator
Hand coloured lithograph from final volume of Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle complcte des Reptiles (1854) by A.M.C. Dumeril, G. Bibron, and A. Dumeril

Excavations, Norfolk 2006
A detailed photograph from excavations led by a team of anthropologists on the Norfolk Coast, 2006

Colobus polykomos, king colobus
Mounted skeleton of a king colobus monkey

London Jack, The Orphanage Friend. This dog from 1894 to 1900 collected for the L&S.W.R servants orphanage e250 & for other charitable objects e200

Raphus cucullatus, dodo
A mounted specimen of the extinct flightless bird, the dodo (Raphus cucullatus). The dodo lived on the island of Mauritius and became extinct during the late 1600s

Dactylioceras, fossil ammonite
Dactylioceras, represented here by a 9.5 cm wide individual, is a characteristic and abundant ammonite in the Lower Jurassic of north Yorkshire, England

Damaged structures, possibly by storm
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Humerus of Achondroplastic Dwarf
Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Frozen Ark Project
Test

Fiji Chief, Kata Sauanabra of Levuka
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Oviraptor
An animatronic Oviraptor dinosaur made by Kokoro in colabroration with the Natural History Museum, London

Excavating at Charmouth
A team of palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum excavating an Ichthyosaur at Charmouth beach. December 2004

The Admirals House, Clarence Cove, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Panthera pardus, leopard
Partial leopard skull viewed from the right. Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s. Now held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Roman lamp and fossil brachiopod
PDT replica of roman lamp and the fossil brachiopod (Terebratula maxima Charlesworth) from the Pliocene. Coralline Crag. Park Pit, Sudbourne Park, Suffolk

Zamboangan native huts. Zamboanga, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Cameraria ohridella, horse chestnut leafminer

Vitis sp. red grape
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a red grape (Vitis sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Australian Aborigines
Photographed by Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958)

Barbed points from Star Carr
A collection of 21 Bareb points made of Raindeer Antler from Star Carr a Mesolithic settlement in Yorkshire

Tyrannosaurus rex
Close up of face and eyes of a moving 3/4 size model of a Tyrannosaurus rex

Eugen Sandow
Cast of strong man Eugen Sandow, photographed in the Museum in February 1905 (Archives reference PH/173/723)

Pagoda, Asia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Elginia
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Alnus glutinosa, alder
A pair of alder trees in winter photographed by Pat Hart

Butterflies
Plate 73 from Biologia Centrali-Americana Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera by Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) and Osbert Salvin (1835-1898)

Mammal and Whale Gallery
General view of some of the exhibits on display in the Mammals and Whale Gallery (number 24) at the Natural History Museum, London

Chinese Grave, Amboina, (Ambon), Indonesia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Remains of a cathedral, Manila, Luzon, Philippines
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Boulengerula taitanus, taita caecilian tooth
Tooth of the young specialized for peeling mothers skin

Hyperodapedon
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Outlying rocks, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Diplodocus carnegiei
A detail of the replica Diplodocus carnegiei skeleton situated in the central hall of the Natural History Museum, London. The replica was presented to the Museum by Andrew Carnegie in May 1906

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