Photo credit: Peter West Carey The Berkshire Mammal Group and the Cole Museum of Zoology are hosting the University of Reading’s Dr. Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez. Manuela is a conservation biologist doing mostly large-scale computational research now, but for her PhD Manuela worked in the field with a charming marine mammal: the California sea lion. During this […]

Join us as Professor Jon Gibbins explores some of the Cole Museum specimens and their links to biomedicine. It might seem surprising, but the origins of some medicines that we use today lie in the clever chemical tricks that animals use to survive. We will learn about the amazing ways that animals, from insects to […]

Hosted by the Berkshire Mammal Group, this talk about Forest Management and Red Squirrel Conservation will be presented by Dr Louise de Raad, and will take place online via Microsoft Teams. The talk is free for members of the Berkshire Mammal Group, and £4 for non-members. For more information, see www.berksmammals.org.uk. To register for tickets, […]

This event has been POSTPONED. Dr Neil Gostling from the University of Southampton has named three new species of dinosaur! Join Neil for an evening of discussion about the diverse dinosaur record on the Isle of Wight and gain some insights into his work on extinct mammals from Wales. Booking is essential as spaces are […]