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December 8, 2021

Missed the unveiling and presentation of the Archaeopteryx model?

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November 23, 2021

Online talk – Dec 2nd – The walrus’s whiskers and the mouse’s moustache: why do animals have whiskers?

This event is hosted online by the Berkshire Mammal Group in association with the Cole Museum of Zoology. Nearly all…

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July 6, 2021

What is wrong with our Echidnas?

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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March 12, 2020

Preserving a skeleton: Part 2

After the bones are clean, they are marked and labelled to avoid being misplaced or lost, especially smaller bones, when…