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That Condor Moment
NHSN library and archive volunteer Julia Black explores the life and legacy of the Hancock Museum’s very own condor While…
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Evelyn M. Lobley: Champion of the small, but mighty, mosses
Library and Archive volunteer Julia Rand explores the life and legacy of one of the North East’s most influential bryologists…
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Thomas Bewick & the History of Quadrupeds
Library volunteer Ian Bower revisits a landmark book in the history of nature writing…
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From North Shields to the Frozen North: A Victorian Adventure
Sandra Bishop explores a tale of travels in the High Arctic from the NHSN’s Transaction In the summer of 1881,…
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Remembering Angus Lunn
The Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of naturalist, conservationist, and former Trustee, Angus Lunn MBE. …
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Nature’s Cure: a day out in Gosforth Nature Reserve
Exploring how nature shapes our lives with a group of North East asylum seekers and refugees As part of our…
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Amazing Grace
Anne Wilson explores the life of the NHSN’s most famous 20th-century Chair, and the first woman to lead the Society…
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Voices from Around the World
Heritage Researcher Mel Tuckett explores some of the rich tapestry of experiences people have shared with NHSN through the Nature’s Cure project…
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Bold Encounters with Insects: Thomas John Bold and the Extreme Wet Winter of 1852–53
Digitization volunteer Sandra Bishop explores a fascinating insight into climate, disease and ecology in the early Transactions of the NHSN…
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Welcoming the “Scientific Stranger”
Heritage Researcher Mel Tuckett opens up the NHSN’s Transactions and discovers the early origins of its community…