Stories
- Article
Good animals, bad humans?
Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.
- Interview
Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz
The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.
- Book extract
My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
- Article
The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
Catalogue
- Books
Zoological mythology, or, The legends of animals / by Angelo de Gubernatis.
De Gubernatis, Angelo, 1840-1913.Date: 1872- Books
Early Christians and animals / Robert M. Grant.
Grant, Robert M. (Robert McQueen)Date: 1999- Books
The moral status of animals / Stephen R.L. Clark.
Clark, Stephen R. L.Date: 1984, ©1977- Books
Aristotle's History of animals : In ten books / translated by Richard Cresswell.
Aristotle.Date: 1862- Books
Considering animals / edited by Carol Freeman, Elizabeth Leane, and Yvette Watt.
Date: 2011