Dragonfly cleaning morning dew off itself @Moonlighhy #globalmuseum #dragonflies #insects #photography

Every ancient library that burned left behind only what bookbinders made strong enough to survive @CultureExploreX #globalmuseum #bookbinding #collections #museums #history #libraries

Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife #Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo. 1.Tawny frogmouth 2. Baudin’s black cockatoo 3. Gang-gang cockatoo 4. Willie wagtail 5. Bush stone-curlew 6. Laughing kookaburra 7.Southern emu-wren 8. Spotted pardalote 9. Wedge-tailed eagle 10. Little penguin

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Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner

Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang coc...

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New Zealand photographer Jay Lichter takes stunning photos of tiny mushrooms 🧵 Super tiny Mycena roseoflava #Mushrooms #globalmuseum #photography

An image of a magnificent frigatebird silhouetted against a total solar eclipse by Canadian photographer Liron Gertsman was chosen from more than 25,000 images as the grand prize-winner in 2025’s largest bird #photography competition

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From the Swiss Alps to a solar eclipse: the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year – in pictures

An image of a magnificent frigatebird silhouetted against a total solar eclipse by Canadian photographer Liron Gertsman was chosen from more than 2...

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BREAKING: James Comey posts a video statement following his indictment "My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn't either. Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant. And she's right. But I'm not afraid. And I hope you're not either. #JamesComey #Trump #democracy

A remarkable 387 year-old handwritten shopping list, dated October 1633, was discovered beneath the floorboards of a London home. Penned by Robert Draper, the letter details various household necessities, including greenfish, pewter spoons, and a frying pan. Now preserved in the National Trust collection. @Global Museum #shopping #history

Railway’s 200th anniversary festival weekend gets underway. Bicentenary celebrations include the reopening of Station Hall at the National Railway Museum

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Railway's 200th anniversary festival weekend gets underway - Museums Association

Bicentenary celebrations include the reopening of Station Hall at the National Railway Museum

#trains #globalmuseum #museums #rail #history #transport

Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans. Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution. A computational analysis of a wider selection of fossils suggests that in the last 800,000 years, large-brained humans evolved along just five major branches: Asian erectus, heidelbergensis, sapiens, Neanderthals and Homo longi (including the Denisovans)

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Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans

Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution

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Black history at the Natural History Museum. Discover the contribution of Black people to the field of natural history. There are many people whose contributions to science remain unknown or ignored, particularly from the height of the British Empire and transatlantic slave trade. Curator Miranda Lowe CBE explores the colonial history of the Natural History Museum

Black history at the Natural History Museum | Natural History Museum

Explore the colonial history of the Natural History Museum. Discover the contributions of Black people to the study of the natural world during the...

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