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Natural Sciences

Projects

  • 7 green bug specimen sitting atop a white card with one very uniform line of 4 bugs and then a line of 3 underneath.

    Distributed System of Scientific Collections

    This project aims to show the full potential of the UK’s natural science collections by making them digitally open and accessible.

  • 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.
  • A gently rolling landscape from above covered in scrub bushes with large mountains in the distance.

    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.
  • A leopard sitting with it's front paws draped over a branch and green leaves in the background.

    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.
  • Illustration of a yellow and blue fish.

    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.
  • Monkey with yellow eyes and a grey mane.

    CryoArks

    This UK-wide collaboration has created the UK’s first comprehensive zoological biobank for research and conservation.
  • Black and white illustration of a lizard with a long, thick tail.

    TWeed (Tetrapod World: early evolution and diversity)

    A significant collaborative project with five partner organisations to investigate how the earliest tetrapods evolved.
  • A jagged piece of flat, grey-brown rock.

    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.

Doctoral research projects