Images Dated 18th April 2013 (#103)

Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea
A macro photograph of the largest flea in the UK, the mole flea (Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae), which is common on small mammals throughout the UK

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

Baragwanathia longifolia
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duck-billed platypus
Photograph, dorsal view, of a duck-billed platypus skin specimen, held at the Natural History Museum London

Natural History Museum, London
Front entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Waterhouse building. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Architeutis dux, giant squid
This 8.62-metre giant squid (Architeutis dux), called Archie, was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands in March 2004

Pantholops hodgsonii (Tibetan antelope or chiru)
Skull of a male Pantholops hodgsonii (Tibetan antelope or chiru)

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

Coastal landscape
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

Telescopium telescopium, telescope shell
A pair of telescope shells (Telescopium Telescopium). This amazingly symetrical, marine gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific

St. Pauls Rock, South Atlantic 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

The Tokaido route, Honshu, Japan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

The ice rink at the Natural History Museum, London
The ice rink outside the Palaeontology wing of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington

Velociraptor
An animatronic model of the dinosaur Velociraptor created by Kokoro for the Natural History Museums Dino Jaws exhibition running from 30th June 2006 to 15th April 2007

Fasciolaria tulipa, true tulip
A pair of true tulips (Fasciolaria tulipa). The true tulip is a carnivorous gastropod that is closely related to the horse conch

North Hall of the Natural History Museum, London
Front entrance and Cromwell Road facade of the Waterhouse building. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881. Photographed by Paul Lund

Observations of The Transit of Venus
Captain James Cooks observations of the transit of venus published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1771 (Volume LXI Tab. XIV, p.140)

Calopteryx splendens, banded demoiselle. Illustration taken from Moses Harris, An Exposition of English Insects, 1776-1780

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus
These reptiles lived during the Jurrassic period, about 150 million years ago. Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Butterflies
Plate 24 from Biologia Centrali-Americana Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera by Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) and Osbert Salvin (1835-1898)

Mimetite
Specimen number BM AG, 11 (part), from Wheal Unity, Gwennap, Cornwall, England

Plate 91

Homo neanderthalensis, neanderthal man
The installation of a cranium (cast) considered to be that of a Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalesis). It was discovered in a cave diposit at Atapuerca-Sima de Los Huesos, Spain

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1881)
Photograph of a plaque of the naturalist Charles Darwin

Quercus tinctoria, black oak
A photograph of the detail of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Quercus tinctoria, black oak

Birthstone Series: Fire Opal
This specimen is called a fire opal because of its red-orange colour. Many of these specimens originate from Mexico. Opal is the birthstone for the month of October. Photographed by Harry Taylor

View at the back of Gibraltar

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

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

Garrison on Ascension Island
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Tineola bisselliella, common or webbing clothes moth model

Berthold Seeman (1825-1871)
Portrait of Berthold Seeman, a German botanist and traveller, who died at the Javali mine, Nicaragua, 1871. Berthold was part of 3 Arctic voyages and travelled round the world in 1846

Tyrannosaurus rex
Model of Tyrannosaurus rex, the carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 67 to 65 million years ago

Carex arenaria, sand sedge
Illustration from Agnes Ibbetsons sketchbook of grasses, c.1809 -1822. Volume 3. No. 35. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sagartia coccinea, sea anemone
A glass model of a sea anemone, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Himantolophus groenlandicus, football fish
A female specimen of the football fish (Himantolophus groenlandicus) which is on display in the Natural History Museums Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles Gallery (number 12)

Dromaeosaurus albertensis
Skeleton cast of a Dromaeosaurus albertensis on display in the Dinosaur Gallery (number 21) at the Natural History Museum, London. Dromaeosaurus was from the Upper Cretaceous period

Dr. Edmund Goetze
Original photograph held within the Botany Library of The Natural History Museum, London

Volcano with straw roofed house in foreground, Moluccas, Ind
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

Dromaeosaurus albertensis
Skeleton cast of a Dromaeosaurus albertensis on display in the Dinosaur Gallery (number 21) at the Natural History Museum, London. Dromaeosaurus was from the Upper Cretaceous period

Oviraptor
This dinosaur is belived to have been an egg thief. It lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 85 to 75 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Mongolia. Illustration by Jo Konopelko

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

Bust of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Diplodocus
Outline illustration of a Diplodocus

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

Children with Explorer Packs
Children become explorers of the Natural History Museum equipped with drawing materials and a range of themed activities that cover everything from birds and primates to oceans and monsters

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