Natural Sciences
Projects
The Birth of Mammals
This project makes use of new fossil material from Scotland, and the latest techniques in digital palaeo-histology, to pinpoint the origin of live birth in mammals for the first time.
Rocks and the Rise of Ordovician Life
This is a collaborative project that aims to better understand the dynamics of biodiversification during the Early Palaeozoic.
From Feed the Birds to Do Not Feed the Animals
This collaborative project looks at the roots of animal feeding, to establish the benefits and risk to humans, animals and the environment.
Entangled Knowledges
Entangled Knowledges aims to highlight Menang Nyungar knowledge embedded in a historical fish collection held at National Museums Scotland and return this knowledge to the Menang community in Western Australia.
CryoArks
This UK-wide collaboration has created the UK’s first comprehensive zoological biobank for research and conservation.
TWeed (Tetrapod World: early evolution and diversity)
A significant collaborative project with five partner organisations to investigate how the earliest tetrapods evolved.
Virginia Solite Quarry
Straddling the Virginia–North Carolina state-line, the Virginia Solite Quarry ranks as one of the most important Triassic sites anywhere in the world.
