Scientific resources
Data online
Browse our databases for data and information about taxonomy, systematics, biodiversity, evolution, planetary sciences and natural resources. Or search our collections for specimens and collections that may help your research.
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Wallace Letters Online
Explore this amazing collection of letters from one of the world's most significant scientists British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913).
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AlgaeVision
A collection of images of freshwater and terrestrial algae of the United Kingdom.
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Amateurs as Experts
A three year study of volunteer naturalists, biodiversity scientists and policy makers involved in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan process.
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Atlas of Atlantic Planktonic Ostracods
Taxonomy and distribution of oceanic plankonic Ostracoda in the Atlantic.
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BioCase
The BioCase project is an established web-based information service providing researchers with unified access to biological collections in Europe while leaving control of the information with the collection holders
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Biologia Centrali-Americana
A digital taxonomic collection, featuring 58 biological volumes and descriptions of over 50,000 species of plants and animals.
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Biological Wastewater-Treatment Processes
A multimedia, user-friendly guide to ciliated protozoa (ciliates), an important component of the microbial community in aerobic biological wastewater-treatment plants. For use by specialists and non-specialists for training and routine monitoring.
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Bird collection type specimen database
Search or browse bird type specimens and access catalogue data on holotypes, syntypes, lectotypes and neotypes.
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Botanical specimens
Search the Museum's digital collections for botanical specimens.
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Cestode life cycle database
Cestodes (tapeworms) form a monophyletic group of parasitic Platyhelminthes (flatworms), and include over 5200 described species.
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Conodont collection database
Intended for academic and industrial micropalaeontologists interested in conodonts. Searching the database gives broad information about discrete collections in the Museum's conodont collection.
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Distribution of British fleas
Over 2500 species of flea have been recognised worldwide and it is estimated that this number could eventually increase by 50 per cent.
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Entomology specimens
Search the digital collections for entomological specimens held at the Museum.
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Former Aberystwyth Microfossil Collection database
A catalogue of discrete collections within the Former Aberystwyth University Micropalaeontology Collection, including foraminifera, ostracods, coccoliths and conodonts.
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Former BP microfossil database
Search materials from over 3,500 individual well runs, including palynological and nannofossil slides from over 120 countries.
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Fossil and recent ostracod catalogue
Browse collection titles or search by donor, collector, taxonomic level, stratigraphic location or country of origin.
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Frozen Ark
The Frozen Ark project aims to collect, preserve and store the DNA and viable cells of animals in danger of extinction. It focuses on the thousands of invertebrate and vertebrate animals that are expected to disappear within a few decades.
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Identification key to species of myiasis-causing fly larvae
This key, developed by Zoe Adams, Lisa Smith and Martin Hall, is a work in progress and will be updated on a regular basis to include more taxa and characters.
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Insects feeding on tropical forest seeds
Insects or seed predators found feeding on the fruit of Dipterocarps trees in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia.
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Host-Parasite database
Quarter of a million host-parasite records, detailing helminth parasites their associated host species and locality, extracted from 28,000 references.
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Library catalogue
Search online for books, periodicals, artworks, maps and manuscripts.
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Moths of Borneo
The Moths of Borneo is a major part work production, estimated to run to 18 volumes covering all the 'macro' moths recorded from Borneo, currently estimated at some 4,500 species, all of which are illustrated in colour.
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Museum Archives catalogue
Browse or search online for Archive materials.
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P4, a Python package for phylogenetics
P4 is a Python package that does maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses on molecular sequences.
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Palaeontology specimen database
Search the palaeontology database for specimens held in the Museum's palaeontology collections.
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Plants and fungi used in homeopathy
This website is about the plants and fungi used in homeopathic remedies.
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Project Biomap
Project Biomap has gathered and digitized Colombian bird specimens from 86 collections across the world, with key collections from Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, National University (ICN, Bogotá), American Museum of Natural History, and The Natural History Museum London.
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The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
An account of around 900 British leaf, stem, twig, bark and samara mines from flies, moths, sawflies and beetles.
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UK Species
The UK species inventory provides all names for a given UK species ensuring accurate recording and tracking of UK biodiversity.
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Universal chalcidoidea database
Contains original citations for all 31,000 taxonomic names available for Chalcidoidea, supported by a citation of the published source and over 120,000 host/associate records and more than 140,000 distribution records.