#SciFri: Visiting Crocodiles of the World on Halloween!
Located in the Oxfordshire countryside near Brize Norton, between Witney and Burford, Crocodiles of the World is perhaps one of the most unusual zoological attractions in Britain. As the UK’s only zoo dedicated specifically to crocodilians, it offers visitors an…
#MuseumMonday: Muzeum Geologiczne ING PAN in Kraków
Kraków is a city whose history is usually told through its architecture, religious institutions, royal connections and cultural heritage. Its medieval streets, churches, castles and historic buildings attract visitors from across the world, while its position in southern Poland makes…
#StevesLibrary: Snake Day – A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Serpentine Lives
Snakes are among the most misunderstood animals on the planet. They have inspired mythology, folklore, religious symbolism and popular culture, yet they continue to provoke disproportionate fear and hostility. For many people, an encounter with a snake is something to…
#MuseumMonday: A visit to the Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
In the heart of Kraków, on the busy and historic Floriańska Street, is a museum that offers an unusually intimate journey into the history of medicine, science and everyday life. The Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, or Museum of…
#StevesLibrary: Top 10 Books on Extinction
Extinction is a natural process that has shaped the history of life on Earth, determining which species survive, diversify and ultimately disappear. Across geological time, environmental changes, competition, evolutionary processes and catastrophic events have resulted in the loss of countless…
#MuseumMonday: The Museum of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
When I visited the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University this summer, I also had to check out the museum that it houses. It would have been ruse not to! The Museum of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University…
#StevesLibrary: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals
Steve Brusatte’s The Rise and Reign of the Mammals is an ambitious attempt to tell the evolutionary story of one of the most successful groups of animals on Earth, while ultimately exploring our own origins. Following his earlier book, The…
#SciFri: Visiting the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
The Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University is an unusual institution to review because it is simultaneously a historic garden, scientific collection, educational resource, conservation facility, cultural landscape and public attraction. Founded in 1783, it is the oldest botanical garden…
#SteveReviews: The Dinosaurs on Netflix
There is something almost audacious about calling a four-part television series simply The Dinosaurs. It is an enormous subject to compress into roughly three hours of television: approximately 165 million years of evolutionary history, encompassing the origins and diversification of…
#MuseumMonday: Muzeum Przyrodnicze Instytutu Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN in Kraków
There are natural history museums that overwhelm visitors through monumental architecture, vast galleries and spectacular collections (I’m thinking about a certain museum in South Kensington here), and there are museums whose importance lies somewhere rather different: in the scientific history…
