Steve's Herpetological Blog

An insight into the life of Steve, his research and the many books he reads

Month: March 2026

#MuseumMonday: What is The Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum?

I recently visited a museum I have walked past a number of times in the past. I completed one of my MRes projects while studying at Imperial College London at the St Mary’s Campus and never noticed this museum, despite…

#SciFri: Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat at Manchester Museum

Earlier in the year, I visited the Manchester Museum in order to attend a bold new chapter of natural history storytelling at the museum, with the exhibition of Triceratops: Eat, Roam, Repeat, centred on one of the most recognisable dinosaurs…

#MuseumMonday: Exploring the Lapworth Museum of Geology

The Lapworth Museum of Geology is one of the UK’s oldest specialist geological museums, located at the University of Birmingham. Founded in 1880 and named after the pioneering geologist Charles Lapworth, the museum was originally established to support teaching and…

#StevesLibrary: The Butchering Art

Many of you will be familiar from my recent blog posts and those on social media that I have had a fun time exploring medical history recently. This has extended beyond the museums and exhibitions to books, which I am…

#SciFri: The Power of Trees at Kew Gardens

When I visited Kew Gardens last summer, The Power of Trees exhibition was on display at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. Running from the 12th April to the 14th September 2025, this exhibition was conceived as a sweeping…

#StevesLibrary: The Lives of Frogs – A Natural History

It is not very often that we get a new mainstream book on frogs, which are an animal group which I have a close affinity to. On the surface, frogs might seem like simple, ordinary creatures, those small amphibians you…