Old Fourlegs

Old Fourlegs

Louanne Kirton, Photographic Competition Second Runner-up: The ugliest specimen On 22 December 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the Curator of the East London Museum, received a call from the Captain of the Nerine fishing trawler, Hendrik Goosen. He had just returned...
Deceive or die

Deceive or die

Nonkoliso Mgibantaka, Photographic Competition Winner: The ugliest specimen I describe this frogfish specimen as being so weird/unusual and wonderful, it’s just not easy to take your eyes away from it. It has a short-stocky body, rough skin, big mouth with many short...
Gone but not forgotten

Gone but not forgotten

David Allan, Photographic Competition Winner: The most iconic specimen I describe the Dodo Skeleton as a first-hand view back into a lost past. It is one of the two most complete skeletons of the Dodo anywhere in the world. Did you know? Dodos were a type of pigeon....
Gems of the Oceans

Gems of the Oceans

Kerry Hunter, Photographic Competition Winner: The most beautiful specimen Special facts about the ‘2 in 1’ mollusk – Gemmula kieneri with Malluvium lissum Just over 3 months ago, this little member of the Turridae family (sea snails and marine gastropod...
Forum Poetry Reflections: Healing Nature, Healing Us

Forum Poetry Reflections: Healing Nature, Healing Us

Written by Shanelle Ribeiro, NSCF Hub In her book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Kimmerer aptly notes that the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, as we work to heal the earth, the...
My experience of the NSCF virtual forum 2021

My experience of the NSCF virtual forum 2021

Terry Reynolds Berry, Iziko Museums of South Africa This was my first year attending the NSCF Forum, of which I was able to sit in on days 1 and 2. I was most delighted to meet several fellow entomologists in the group chats, yay for insect lovers! I really enjoyed...