Tag: Climate change

Purple Emperor Butterfly
Wildlife from your Window

Portals to the World: Butterflies Through Time

Explore our Butterflies Through Time exhibition with dementia friendly resources. These resources have been created in partnership with Dementia Compass, for adults with dementia and their care partners in mind. While they were initially created for participants of our Portals to the World course, we hope that they may be used by you at home and in the Museum too. Printable exhibition guide: This guide has … Continue reading Portals to the World: Butterflies Through Time

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Chicken Licken puppet by Marion Leeper
Puggle Club

Chicken Licken with Marion Leeper

Storyteller Marion Leeper takes us on a journey around the Museum of Zoology gallery with Chicken Licken. Who might she meet? Made with ages 0-5 years in mind, all ages welcome. This video has been created as part of the Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival 2021 Discover more tales from Marion Leeper in Love Stories for the Earth There’s plenty more to explore from the … Continue reading Chicken Licken with Marion Leeper

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A hand holds a bird sculpture made of white clay. The hand belongs to a white male
Crafty Creatures, Wildlife from your Window

Portals to the World: Exploring Breaking Point

Please note that the Breaking Point exhibition has now ended. These resources remain here to be stand-alone and hope to still spark conversations around conservation, plastics and the natural world. Explore our Breaking Point exhibition with dementia friendly resources. These resources have been created in partnership with Dementia Compass, for adults with dementia and their care partners in mind. While they were initially created for participants … Continue reading Portals to the World: Exploring Breaking Point

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White admiral on leaf
Research Stories

Provide shady spots to protect butterflies from climate change

Researchers have discovered significant variations in the ability of different UK butterfly species to maintain a suitable body temperature. Species that rely most on finding a suitably shady location to keep cool are at the greatest risk of population decline. The results predict how climate change might impact butterfly communities, and will inform conservation strategies to protect them. The results, published in the Journal of … Continue reading Provide shady spots to protect butterflies from climate change

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Paper craft of fenland habitat
Nature Classroom

A Journey through Time and Habitats

All living things have adapted to surviving successfully within their environments. They have adapted to changes in climate and habitat, as well as the other species that live around them. Some even work with other species to benefit themselves. Human impact has caused a lot of environmental change to happen very quickly. Evolution and adaptation are processes that take a long time to occur, and … Continue reading A Journey through Time and Habitats

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Research Stories

Climate responses in the absence of humans

To celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month the Museum is sharing the stories of 27 inspirational women, alongside the animals they work with the most. Dr Michela Leonardi Department of Zoology “If we want to improve conservation strategies in the face of the current climate emergency, we need to understand how climate influences animal  distribution in the absence of human activity. This is … Continue reading Climate responses in the absence of humans

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Our Changing Planet

Climate Change: the board game

You are an animal species, living in the savannah. The world is divided in four habitats based on the average temperature and precipitation (rain and snowfall) in each area. There are hotter and colder regions around you, but you find the average temperature of the savannah very comfortable. The savannah is occupied by a number of different species (the other players), all adapted to this … Continue reading Climate Change: the board game

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Komodo Island illustration
Crafty Creatures, Research Stories

Here be Dragons!

Explore the real-life world of dragons… Tom Jameson, PhD student says, Dragons do not only populate the myths and legends of the past, but also the world around us. Komodo dragons, Varanus komodoensis, are the world’s largest lizards, so named for reminding early explorers of the beasts of legend. Life as a Komodo dragon Komodo dragon’s skin is rough and durable like other large lizards, … Continue reading Here be Dragons!

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