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A logo and words (Senckenberg Nature Research Joins BHL) surrounded by and historic illustration of a leafy vine and insects.
An historic illustration of a group of numbats (orange and brown striped marsupials with bushy tails).
An historic illustration of a plant (the Madhuca)
An historic map of north eastern USA, with a red arrow between Washington DC and Chicago
Two large black and white seabirds with large yellow bills sitting in calm water.
An historic illustration of a green sea turtle (dorsal and ventral)
An image made up of many scanned pages of rare books, including text, illustrations and covers.
An historic map of north east United States
A yellowed page of a historic book with Latin text and illustrated margins.
The front cover of a journal (the Australian Society of Limnology) with line illustrations freshwater animals.
A group of people posing for a group photo in front of a building with green double doors.
A screenshot of a post on an online community forum
An historic illustration of 9 brown, white and red clown fish.
An historic illustration of 7 red and green fish with spiky spines.
An historic illustration of five different yellow and black fish species.
An historic illustration of a large yellow fish with blue stripes with several other smaller similar fish around it.
A black, white, and red butterfly on a blurred background of grass stems.
An historic illustration of pink fan coral.
Historic illustrations of fruit with handwritten notes alongside them.
A page of historic illustrations of beetles, overlaid by the details of BHL Day 2026.
A person standing behind a podium in front of a presentation screen
Two people standing in front of a podium in front of a big screen.
A man standing in front of a screen on a stage speaking to a seated audience.
Two people speaking to an audience on a stage.
Two people speaking to an audience on a stage in front of a screen.
Two people speaking to an audience on a stage
A man speaking on a stage in front of a screen.
Two people standing on stage speaking to an audience.
A man standing on front of a screen speaking to an audience.
A group of people standing under three historic portraits
A introduction slide for a presentation, featuring text and the Natural History Museum London logo
A page of historic illustrations of beetles overlaid by the details of BHL Day 2026.
A page of historic beetle illustrations overlaid with the details of BHL Day 2026.
An historic illustration of colored sea anemones on the sea floor.
A page of beetle specimens overlaid with the details of BHL Day 2026
A yellowed page of a medieval text
A page of beetle specimens with the details of BHL Day 2026 overlaid.
Two lizards (one colourful red blue and brown lizard and one striped brown and cream) sitting amongst rocks and grass.
An historic illustration of a white bat hanging upside down from a tree branch.
An historic illustration of pink flowers, grasses and butterflies
Promotional graphic for the BHL at 20 Anniversary Series featuring the title “Osbert Salvin’s Central American Field Diary” over a background of a handwritten page with a painted illustration of a bird’s head and leg, alongside a “BHL 20” anniversary logo.
Hand-coloured 19th-century illustration of multiple bird eggs with varied speckled patterns and tones, showing differences across species.
An historic images of many beetle specimens
An historic illustration of pink and red irises.
An historic illustration of bright red, yellow, and pink flowers.
An historic illustration of two brown birds sitting on a leafy green branch.
An historic illustration of two butterflies and a hairy caterpillar. There are green leaves and white flowers in the background.
Four frogs sitting on the ground under leaves. One has eggs all over its rear.