Images Dated 18th April 2013 (page 37)

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
A statue of Charles Darwin, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, on the stairs of the Central hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Skull part of the From The Beginning exhibition in the Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Lower jaw casts of Paranthropus robustus (Swartkrans 23) and
From Swartkrans, South Africa (left) and Peninj, Tanzania (right)

Colourful illustration of five fish
Plate 13 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

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

Cicadian Sam (actor)
An actor at the Natural History Museum playing the part of Cicadian Sam who explores and educates the themes of nocturnal and diurnal creatures

Excavations, Norfolk 2006
A detailed photograph from an excavation led by a team of anthropologists on the Norfolk coast, 2006

Malachite comprises of (copper carbonate hydroxide). Malachite has distinctive green banding and belongs to the carbonate class

Cervus unicolor brookei, sambar deer
Photograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak

Insect Collection of Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820)
A collection of more than 4, 000 insects, including butterflies, flies, bugs and moths

General Herbarium, Darwin Centre
A photograph of the General Herbarium in the Darwin Centre, showing examples of specimens from the collection. Photographed by Kevin Webb, May 2011

The Investigate Centre

The Origin of Species title page - German edition
Title page of a German first edition of the best-known work of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

Agyrtria leucocaster, hummingbird display
As Curator and Preserver to the Museum of the Zoological Society of London, in 1851 John Gould compiled an exhibition of stuffed hummingbirds, which were then displayed in 24 custom-made cases

The Wildlife Garden
An exterior view of the Natural History Museum in the snow, showing the Wildlife Garden pond frozen over

Canis lupus familiaris, dog
Chart on page 13 of the Introduction within the publication Dogs of the Last Hundred Years at the British Museum (Natural History), by Kim Dennis-Bryan and Juliet Clutton-Brock, 1988

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

Phyllotis cachinus
Views of Phyllotis cachinus skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

The Origin of Species
Foreign-language first editions of some of the works of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

The Natural History Museum
An exterior view of the main entrance to the Natural History Museum, London. Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Australian group of weapons and throwing sticks illustration (p.480) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Zebra fish illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

The Lodge
Interior of the lodge, a cottage within the museums grounds

The Wellington Tree Cupboard
This tree was made from an elm tree that sheltered the Duke of Wellington during the Battle of Waterloo, in Belgium

Star sapphire
Parallel bundles of fibres are formed in the stone as it crystallises. When the sapphire is cut in the correct orientation the silky needles reflect light to form a star effect

Spotted sole illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Agate
Blue lace agate

Stethophyma grossum, large marsh grasshopper. Female specimen

The Natural History Museum
An exterior view of the main entrance to the Natural History Museum, London. Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Natural History Museum flag flying at the Natural History Museum, London

Cervus unicolor brookei
Photograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak

Engraved mammoth tusk
Mammoth tusk engraved of Grevettian age. 25, 000 - 30, 000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic and within the great Stone Age from Dolni Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
A portrait of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and author of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859)

Specimens collected by Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle 18
A case displaying various beetle specimens collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle voyage, as well as a map of the ships route

Natural ruby in marble
From the mines of Mogok in Burma (Myanmar). Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum with small impurities of chromium that turn it red

Rhinoceros sondaicus, javan rhinoceros skull from sunderabund, Bengal

Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth
Jaw bone collected by Charles Darwin when he stepped off the Beagle in Argentina. First officially recorded by Richard Owen, the first Superintendent of the Museum

Moduza nuydai, butterfly
Photograph of the Moduza nuydai, Family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Mamenchisaurus
Living about 150 million years ago the dinosaur Mamenchisaurus was 22 metres long, 4 metres wide and weighed up to 30 tonnes. It is the largest animal ever found in China

Cursed amethyst
When the Mineralogy Department received this amethyst in 1943 they found a note inside the box: this stone is trebly accursed and is stained with the blood

Ipomoea purpurea (L. ) Roth, tall morning-glory
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, tall morning-glory. Plants from Chelsea Physick Garden sent to the Royal Society in accordance with Sir Hans Sloanes deed of conveyance to the apothecaries company; 1722-96

North hall cafeteria
The cafeteria in the north hall of the Natural History Museum

Public toilets
The public toilets in the Natural History Museum

Altri frutti della Bizzaria
In Herrn Prof. Doppelmeyers Garten

The Natural History Museum
An exterior view of the main entrance to the Natural History Museum, London. Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Papilio hyllus
Plate 93 taken from De Uitlandsche Kapellen by Pieter Cramer, 1721-1776

The Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Photograph of the Darwin Centre, a state-of-the-art scientific research and collections facility at the Natural History Museum, London which opened in September 2009. Photographed by Derek Adams, 2010

Darwin first editions
First editions of some of the works of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping