Why do scorpions fluoresce under UV light?
Having had a couple of Emperor Scorpions as pets (“Grabbit” & “Scarper”), I was familiar that they glow eerily under ultraviolet (UV) light
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Susan Elaine Jones
May 27, 20193 min read
Bird footed, bird hipped dinosaurs
Emerging from the blur of activity with human skeletons from "Things to do when you're dead" (if you're interested in this, you're too...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 16, 20193 min read
Unlikely flights
This week I went to a talk at Zoology on Palaeognaths. (I spent much of the week guessing what Palaeognaths were... I knew I'd seen the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Oct 11, 20182 min read
Art still isn't easy
Today I am happy to share some animals from Conrad Gesner's "Icones Animalium". This delight from 1553 (reprinted in 1560 by popular...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Sep 28, 20182 min read
It isn't easy being an artist
How many woodcuts can a wood cutter cut if a wood cutter needs to illustrate a natural history encyclopedia? Okay, so it's a bad pun. But...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 17, 20181 min read
Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things
The Zoology Museum in Cambridge is now fully open! (Okay, that's been true for a couple of months, but I've been a bit run down and...
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Susan Elaine Jones
May 25, 20183 min read
Bulletproof Armadillo?
Having spent a lot of time in the newly re-opened Zoology Museum, I have recently been looking at Armadillos. Googling them, I see one of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Feb 16, 20182 min read
Relaxing with chickens and paint guns
This week I had one of those light-bulb moments. Of course, it comes in the middle of relaxing in bed, which can be quite disturbing. But...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Feb 7, 20181 min read
Frog pants
Just a quick one today as a bit under the weather. Radio Four (or "the wireless" to many of us who never tune in to any other channel)...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jan 19, 20182 min read
Why you should always go back
It isn't long ago that I went to Norwich Museum for the first time. (Okay, it turns out it was over a year ago... not much happens in my...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Marvels of Ipswich, Part II
Next in the amazing story of a trip to the Ipswich Museum. Part I (in case you missed it) is here. Here, I want to share just one of the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 25, 20172 min read
Marvels of Ipswich, Part I
I made a long anticipated, long overdue visit to Ipswich Museum. It is one of those regional treasures, crammed with original Victorian...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Sep 19, 20172 min read
An Atlantis for Octopuses
Blog been slow as I've been ill, and I've still got the wonders of the Open Cambridge display at the Whipple to share. But not today....
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Susan Elaine Jones
Dec 4, 20161 min read
Bleached blondes of the savannah
I enjoyed a smashing visit to Norwich Castle Museum a couple of weekends ago. I spent much of my time in the Natural History Gallery. As...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Oct 27, 20163 min read
No boner jokes please
This week, I have mostly been pondering the baculum. A wonderful friend, "glidergoth", brought me one as a present from her trip to the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 19, 20161 min read
Getting wet at OUMNH
After many hours scouring the databases and determining what was special about this museum's stores, I spent a wonderful morning...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 6, 20163 min read
Which way first? The little end or the big?
Which way does a chicken lay an egg? Little end first - and ease into it? Or big end first and finish with a relief? In the hopes of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 12, 20161 min read
Spin the skull game
D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum in Dundee is one of many museums on my bucket list to visit. It's not the best, or the most comprehensive...
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Susan Elaine Jones
May 28, 20162 min read
Invisible rail, extinct rail and other railings
A friend has been trying to photograph water rail at the Great Fen. Not an easy task. Even the RSPB notes that they are difficult to see...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 20, 20151 min read
Skulls with soul
Some bones just give you a look. It is often the primates, but some skulls seemespecially expressive, and just catch your attention. This...
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