#conservation

Stories tagged “conservation” in the Weird Science History archive — 5 stories connected by this topic.

• From a Polar Bear Fishing in the Thames to the 'World Herd': A Short History of the Zoo
• The 3,300-Year-Old Golden Beard That Got Glued Back On With Epoxy
• The Naturalist Who Rode a Caiman — Then Went Home and Built the World's First Nature Reserve
• The Baby-Blue Blood of the Horseshoe Crab That Keeps Every Vaccine Safe
• The Copper Tools That Scraped History Off the Parthenon Marbles

Related topics: #ancient Egypt #archaeology #British Museum #history of biology #Tutankhamun