Natural History
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London museum guards threaten further strike action
Workers employed by contractor Wilson James demand better wages and additional leave
New book views glacier paintings of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham through the eyes of poets and glaciologists
Recent publication is the first comprehensive account of works inspired by a visit to Switzerland in 1949
Art of the Ice Age has a lot to teach us—it’s time the British Museum dedicated a gallery to it
The museum is only one of two institutions in the world to see Ice Age art as part of human cultural endeavour, but it needs a proper space to explain and explore this
American Museum of Natural History curator detained at Istanbul airport with 1,500 spider and scorpion samples
Lorenzo Prendini says his permits to transport the specimens out of Turkey were ignored by police
Brazil’s National Museum receives donation of more than 1,100 fossils—including those of rare dinosaurs
The museum has been slowly rebuilding ever since an electrical fire devastated its building and collection in 2018
19th-century book stolen from Brazilian museum in 2008 is located in London and repatriated
The 1823 naturalist tome describes species of monkeys and bats unique to the Amazon
Artificial intelligence takes a deep dive in new Venice show
Josèfa Ntjam‘s exhibition depicts a fantasy world inhabited by AI-created creatures that recalls both the deep ocean and outer space
From ferns to meteorites: new book explores the beautiful mysteries of nature printing
A rare collection of images created by the impressions of natural objects
Seminal one-metre-tall prints of US birds fly to Compton Verney—but what of their controversial author?
Show of John James Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ will also examine the man behind the works, whose name has been dropped from the exhibition title
Not quite land, not quite sea, but all fearsome beauty: how Florida's Everglades has inspired artists
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, Everglades National Park is something of a guest of honour at this year’s Art Basel in Miami Beach. But the region’s conservation was hard-fought—and is still far from guaranteed
Animal, vegetable, mineral: Swedish ironmaster dynasty's collection captures the natural world
Objects and documentation collected by the Timm family offer a unique insight into a past world
If a polluted river could speak, what would it say? Sydney Biennale gives waterways a voice
Event’s artistic director says bodies of water “will be represented by ancestral custodians or contemporary custodians that will speak on their behalf”
Republicans take aim at protected national monuments in Utah
Legislators in the state are planning legal action in order to allow mining in region that contains 100,000 archaeological sites
As butterflies decline at alarming rate globally, new book publishing 18th-century drawings is invaluable resource
Iconotypes: a Compendium of Butterflies and Moths, the long-overdue publication of the naturalist William Jones's extensive illustrations, will enable further research
An exquisite study of the man who documented North America’s wildlife in the 18th century
This exploration of Mark Catesby is a rich and deeply researched account of his journey from amateur naturalist in East Anglia to intrepid observer in the New World
Book reveals the ways in which artists helped make scientific discoveries
From the 17th to the end of the 19th century natural history depended on illustrations for clarification
A book of wallpaper art for students
The botanical illustrations of Alexander von Humboldt in poster form
Musée des Confluences in Lyons pays tribute to city’s great collector Émile Guimet
Guimet's collection will be displayed in a new museum, which has 2.2 million objects and space for temporary shows
The race to digitise the world’s heritage
Non-profit organisation has big plans to gather data from 500 sites over the next five years
Books: The latest volumes of the Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo reassemble the collector’s botanic illustrations
Visual reproductions to capture nature
UK museums can now return human remains
The shift in policy follows over 30 recent claims for restitution
'Zoomorphic' an overview of contemporary architecture at the V&A Museum
Exploring the animal kingdom's influence on contemporary architecture
Gardening and art at the National Portrait Gallery
Women’s studies blended with the media biography and botanical illustration