Animals
From stuffed animals to great collections of bones, get the inside track on UK museum natural history collections with Culture24 news, reviews, events, websites and much more...
Sussex Downs in bid to become first British UNESCO biosphere reserve for 35 years
Nature nurturers in Sussex are being urged to get involved in a council-backed bid to win biosphere status for the South Downs, drawing funding and support for the area.
Museums at Night 2012: Polly Morgan's taxidermy delivers knock out blow in Liverpool
Nick Stockman is transfixed as artist Polly Morgan delivers a knock out blow during her absorbing taxidermy demonstration in Liverpool.
Museums at Night 2012: Your guide to museum and gallery sleepover events
The Museums at Night sleepover events are one of the most exciting and magical ways to enjoy this year's festival taking place nationwide during the weekend of May 18-20.
The Culture24/7: Science and Nature sparklers for May 2012
Shark teeth, dinosaurs, nanoparticle experiments and forestry fun all feature in our round-up of places to explore and inspire in all things Science and Nature this month.
Attention-craving meerkat to meet Newcastle in animal invasion at Life Science Centre
Furry facilitator Jay Gunn promises the truth about animals as he prepares to accompany bats and planetarium shows in a weekend of fun at the Newcastle centre.
Buried on Campus picks through the bones at the Grant Museum of Zoology
Using thousands of bones from a Victorian teaching collection found under University College, the Grant gives an insight into human remains and their purpose in the classroom.
Feel like you're flying in the wind: National Trust launches 50 Things to do Before You're 11¾
Overseen by five "Elite Rangers" going by names including The Bug Catcher and Den Boy, the Trust launches a new scheme to get kids playing in the great outdoors.
Gunther von Hagens brings his Body World to Animal Inside Out at Natural History Museum
See inside the resurrected bodies of animals in a London show from the anatomist who stole the headlines by performing a public autopsy in the UK in 2002.
Outdoor Wildlife Photographer of the Year show in summer residence at Natural History Museum
Wild Planet, the large-scale outdoor version of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will be taking up residence outside the Natural History Museum this summer.
Former Falkirk colliery site at Kinneil could become Scotland's newest nature reserve
Nature lovers looking after an east Scotland site which was home to a colliery for two centuries say Falkirk Council could win Nature Reserve status for it by the summer.
Fears, Foes and Faeries examines bygone British folklore at Scarborough Art Gallery
Ivy root necklaces, mole's feet charms, squids and more feature in a collection made by a natural historian more than 100 years ago in Scarborough.
Bugs 2: Food, films and fun in latest Plymouth Insect Film Festival at Plymouth University
Local museums and zoos turn up alongside screenings of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach and David Cronenberg's The Fly in Plymouth's playful insect festival.
Kangaroos take on the Olympics in Animal Record-Breakers at Natural History Museum
Globe-swimming humpback whales, deep-diving leatherback turtles, water buffalo horns and spitting archerfish star in the Natural History Museum Tring's animal show.
Replica display at Merseyside Maritime Museum highlights illegal trade in rhinoceros horns
A replica display at the Merseyside Maritime Museum tells the story of how UK Border Agency officers foiled a plot to smuggle a set of rhino horns to China.
World Society for the Protection of Animals seeks museum for unique Wildlife Crime display
The World Society for the Protection of Animals and a wildlife crime team working for London's Metropolitan Police are appealing to potential venues to host an exhibition.
