Images Dated 18th April 2013 (page 38)

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 in January 2006

Pressed insects, mounted by botanist Leonard Plukenet (1642
Pressed by Leonard Plukenet in around 1690

Mineralogy corridor
The mineralogy department within the Natural History Museum

Diamond crystal from the Colesberg Kopje mine (later the famous Kimberley mine) in South Africa

Phobaeticus chani, Chans megastick
This stick insect from the island of Borneo measures well over a foot in length, and has been identified as the worlds longest insect

The Wildlife Garden
Snow-covered plants in Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London

Brittle star, Astrotoma agassizii
Specimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Pteropus poliocephalus, grey-headed flying-fox. Specimen label

Falco tinnunculus, common kestrel. Juvenile common kestrel forming part of a collection presented by William Flinders Petrie in the late 1800s

Arum auritum
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Charles Darwin (actor)
A Natural History Museum actor playing the part of Charles Darwin

Journal of Researches in Geology and Natural history
A first edition of the one of the works of Charles Darwin, the British-born naturalist and writer

Hortus Sanitatis, Jacob Meidenbach, 1497 edition
Illustration taken from Hortus Sanitatis, Jacob Meidenbach, 1497 edition

Testudo abingdonii, Galapagos Islands
Illustration (p.397) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Wombwells Royal Menagerie, 1853
A printed poster advertising Wombwells Royal Mengarie visiting Leeds in 1853

Irregular troops illustration (p.85) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

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

Parliamentary Enquiry into the Affairs of the British Museum (1835-1836). Annotated by J.E. Gray. Catalogue reference DF 206/4

Chalceus nigrotaeniatus
From Pencil drawings by Alfred Russel Wallace

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

Various lepidoptera. A drawer of a selection of various entomological specimens from the Sloane Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Fossil Wood
Fossilised palm from the North African desert that supposedly carries a curse

Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 30 April 1854
Page 1 of a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his mother describing the people and wildlife of Singapore, staying with a missionary and the progress of his assistant Charles, dated April 1854

Neritina waigiensis, snail
A collection of colourful snail shells all from the same species

Zadia media famina
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Scolopendra gigantea, giant centipede
A giant centipede which was brought into the Museums Insect Identification service after being found in a living room in London. The specimen is venomous and not native to the UK

Papilio palinurus, emerald swallowtail
SEM image of an emerald swallowtail wing

The General Herbarium
Part of the Natural History Museums Department of Botany

Australopithecus sediba
Exact fossil replicas of two of the most complete skeletons of early human relatives ever found. These replicas come from the University of Witwaterstand

Homo neanderthalensis (Swanscombe 1) Cranium
Three cranial bones discovered at the Barnfield Gravel Pit, Swanscombe, Kent between 1935 and 1955. Both the date and species of these homind remains have been the subject over the last decade or so

Agyrtria candida, 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 displayed in 24 custom-made cases

Union Jack flag flying at the Natural History Museum, London

Lemur skulls from Madagascar
Two skulls show the incredible diversity of lemurs on Madagascar

Hummingbird specimen
A hummingbird specimen

Acherontia atropos, deaths head hawkmoth
Illustration from Familiar British Insects (1887) by Theo Johnson

Watercolour fomr the Sir Ashton Lever Collection
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the Sir Ashton Lever Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. NHML (3) 42

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

Lizard, Sri Lanka
A lizard resting on a fern in Sri Lanka, photographed by Harry Taylor

Gates of the Natural History Museum, London
An exterior view of the Natural History Museums gates and railings in the snow. Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Electric-blue European lobster
The strikingly coloured electric-blue European lobster was caught off the east coast of Scotland and spotted at a London fish market in November 2011

The Tank Room, Darwin Centre
The Tank Room in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

Manuscript page from Robert Browns diary
Manuscript pages from the diary of Robert Brown, showing a list of native names, dated February 5th, 1803

Tenthredinidae, Tenthredo, Symphyta

Theobroma cacao
Cocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus Kickius. Specimen kept in the Botany Library

Bringing in a prisoner illustration (p.84) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

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