Zoology - RAMM

There is an astonishing variety of material, ranging geographically from Antarctica to the Arctic, through the Antipodes, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. The subject areas are equally diverse ranging though much of the animal kingdoms. A growing collection of local invertebrates is set alongside international collections of over 120,000 butterflies and moths, 30,000 beetles, 38,000 molluscs, 6,000 starfish and sea-urchins, 8,500 birds and 1,200 mammals.

The continued development of the collection has resulted in a range of specimens of local, national and international importance.

• Behind the scenes

  

  See what we have hidden in our natural history store ...

• Flights of fancy

  

  The appearance, behaviour and abundance of birds make them a...

• Marvellous mammals

  

  Our collections contain an array of mammal skins, mounts and...

• Inquisitive about insects?

  

  Butterflies, beetles and bugs can all be found in RAMM's entomology...

• What about the other invertebrates?

  

  The insects aren't the only invertebrates worth talking about ...

• Tiny but terribly important

  

  Some of the organisms in RAMM's collections are tiny, but in life...

• Under the microscope

  

  One of RAMM’s hidden treasures is the collection of Victorian...

• More marvelous mammals – size isn’t everything

  

  You'll have to look harder for the smaller mammals in our...

• The stories behind the specimens

  

  Though we know little about some of our specimens, others came to us...

• National Insect Week (21–27 June 2010)

  

  It's National Insect Week!