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Articles: Natural History

William Smith and the birth of the geological map
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William Smith and the Birth of the Geological Map

30 November 2015
The Long Reach of the Ghost Slug
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The Long Reach of the Ghost Slug

11 August 2014
Heath Star-moss (<em>Campylopus introflexus</em>) with white hair points. First seen in the UK in the 1940s and now fairly common, perhaps helped by its desiccation-tolerant ability? <em>© Kath Slade</em>
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Alive or Dead? Resurrection Plants

14 May 2014
Type your way into our collections
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Type your way into our collections

17 April 2014
<em>Archimylacris scalaris</em> Bolton, 1930
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Museum Type Fossils Online

8 April 2014
Trapped in Time
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Trapped in Time

26 February 2014
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Plants of Plenty

10 February 2014
<em>Hylodecrinus cymrus</em> – the holotype, and only specimen.
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New species of fossil crinoid discovered in south Wales

3 February 2014
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Madness not to stay safe around Mercury

5 November 2013
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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792): Bute's Botanical Tables

30 September 2013
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