Linnean Society Courses

Timing and Adaptation of Spring-feeding Caterpillars - Climate Change Impacts

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Explore the importance of timing in ecological interactions, focusing on spring-feeding caterpillars. Examine climate change impacts and the surprising resilience of these species in adapting to environmental shifts.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Plagues upon the Earth: The Natural History of Human Germs

1 rating

Explore the intertwined history of human progress and microbial ecology, from ancient times to COVID-19. Gain insights into infectious diseases' impact on humanity and our ongoing struggle with pathogens.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Amateur Lepidopterists and Museums - Past and Present

1 rating

Explore the history and decline of amateur lepidopterist contributions to museum collections, focusing on US and UK specimens. Gain insights into changing trends in insect preservation.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Unravelling Diversification in Cassidine Beetles

1 rating

Explore the fascinating evolution of cassidine beetles, their unique adaptations, and diverse defense mechanisms. Gain insights into phylogenetic hypotheses and evolutionary transitions within the Chrysomelidae family.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Studying Elephant Intelligence

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Discover the extraordinary intelligence of African elephants through wild population studies, exploring their complex social networks, environmental awareness, and the crucial role of elders in survival.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Leonhard Fuchs's History of Plants (1542) - Renaissance Book-Printing and Botanical Illustrations

Explore the groundbreaking Renaissance botanical work of 1542, featuring detailed woodcuts, plant descriptions, and medicinal applications that revolutionized scientific illustration and plant documentation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals Communicate

Explore animal communication through sound, from crocodile cries to elephant seal fights. Uncover the complexity of animal vocalizations and their connection to human language origins.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Can a Vegetable Be a Monster? - Plant Horror in Biology and Literature

Explore the fascinating intersection of botanical teratology and horror genres, examining how plants challenge our understanding of monstrosity and threaten human dominance in literature and film.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Botanical Architecture: Plants, Buildings and Us

Explore how plants can inspire sustainable architectural design and create living structures that harmonize with nature, challenging traditional building approaches while emphasizing human-plant interdependence.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dr. Lettsom's Garden at Grove Hill - A Historical Tour of an 18th Century Medical Estate

Explore the fascinating 18th-century Grove Hill garden of physician John Lettsom, featuring a museum, botanical collections, and observatory, while discovering how gardens served scientific and medical purposes in Georgian Britain.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Origin and Evolution of Botanical Spirals

Explore the fascinating world of botanical spirals through fossil records and modern imaging, uncovering how Fibonacci patterns and fern fiddleheads evolved over 475 million years of plant history.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Artificial Intelligence Meets the Natural World

Explore AI's impact on biodiversity research, climate solutions, and natural world protection. Discover opportunities and challenges in applying AI to evolutionary studies and environmental conservation.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Find Optimism at a Time of Biodiversity Crisis

Discover how conservation science can foster hope and practical solutions for biodiversity challenges, while exploring evidence-based approaches for creating a future where both humans and nature flourish together.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines - Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi

Explore the fascinating world of fungi, from gut microbiomes to ecological impacts. Discover their roles in health, food, medicine, and human history with mycologist Nicholas Money.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Exploring Chlorophyll Printing - The Art of Creating Images with Plant Chemistry

Discover the innovative art of chlorophyll printing as artist Dianne Bos demonstrates how to create sustainable photographic images using sunlight and living plants, exploring the delicate relationship between nature and photography.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video