Denmark and Sweden Visits!

Today I must make a special entry to highlight some of the places I visited whilst in Denmark and Sweden over the past week, and to say a special thanks to the people I have met. Firstly, I would really like thank Søren Werther for kindly inviting me to Denmark in the first instance and I hope my contribution [...]

Fire-bellied Toad conservation

Today I met Lene Rasmussen, a really committed Danish amphibian conservationist. She is heading a conservation initiative for Fire-bellied Toads (Bombina bombina) on behalf of Copenhagen Zoo, which includes raising tadpoles in captivity at the Zoo and then releasing the young into original habitat. Working with colleagues, she has reared and released over 1000 of [...]

Rainforest Exhibition at Copenhagen Museum

Today I visited a really wonderful exhibition at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen that focuses on several tribes of indians from Venezuela. It was absolutely brilliant to see the way they had integrated the objects with the back-lit graphic panels and other visual, audio, and super interactive displays, it was a sensory feast! [...]

Visit to Scandinavia

For the next week or so I will be in Scandinavia, visiting Denmark to lecture at an amphibian meeting at the University of Copenhagen, and also travelling to the wonderful Norden’s Ark in Sweden to discuss amphibian conservation. I hope to report back directly via video on our ‘Live’ page,  so anyone who might like see or [...]

Valley School visit

I just wanted to mention a word or two about a wonderful teaching session that’s taken place at the museum, it was brilliant. We had children visit us again from Valley School in Stockport, which is a special school for children with severe and complex learning and physical dificulties. Having different activities tailored to meet their individual  needs, the children really seemed to get alot from [...]

Moston Steps Programme

During the past month we have become involved with Moston Steps, a complimentary education programme for young people who are not in mainstream education. I was approached by Andrea Winn, our Curator of community exhibitions, who, together with our Rebecca Machin, are helping support a group of young people to produce their own exhibition. The idea is that whilst developing many [...]

Vivarium ‘Live’

Anyone interested in what goes on behind the scenes in the vivarium may want to check out a clip filmed minutes ago on Steve’s phone. After the response of the Iguana footage shown live, we thought it might be a nice idea to give a quick overview of a few other animals we have in the collection and what’s going on so [...]