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Published Date
May 7, 2024

New species discoveries in the School of Biological Sciences

Our planet is facing a biodiversity crisis, making the work we do in the University of Reading to combat habitat…

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August 19, 2022

World Photography Day – August 19th

August 19th is World Photography Day, so what better time to feature some beautifully manipulated images of some of our…

Published Date
January 31, 2022

How do you move a museum?

With 3000+ specimens including taxidermy, skeletons, fossils, and models, not to mention the extensive fluid collection with preserving agents which…

Published Date
July 6, 2021

What is wrong with our Echidnas?

Published Date
June 22, 2021

We brought our electric ray specimens into the lab… what happened next will shock you!

By Claire Smith, Project Officer at the Cole Museum of Zoology If you’ve been following the Cole Museum of Zoology…

Published Date
November 4, 2020

The Joy Of Jars – Make your own!

Watch our video on how to make your own fluid specimen – suitable for children and adults alike! The documentation…

Published Date
November 4, 2020

Watch our Cole museum move and preview video…

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May 20, 2020

Behind the Scenes of the Fluid Collection

By Claire Smith, Project Officer at the Cole Museum of Zoology     As you may know, the Cole Museum…

Published Date
March 25, 2020

Ode to a cardboard box…

Do you know what’s relatively easy to fundraise for? Conserving and moving a huge elephant skeleton. Do you know what’s…