Event

Mr. Mike Rutherford, Zoology Curator at the Department of Life Sciences, will deliver a seminar titled Animals, Vegetables, Minerals - The Natural History Collections of UWI. This seminar is hosted by the Department of Life Sciences and will take place on Thursday 9^th December, 2010, at 12 pm, at the Natural Sciences Conference Room.  

Abstract

Hidden throughout the three main campuses of The University of the West Indies there are a wide variety of natural history collections. These include herbariums, a geology museum, a zoology museum and various small collections all assembled over the last century by staff, students and researchers studying the wealth of wildlife found in the Caribbean. This talk will examine the history and range of the collections, who made them, what they are used for and where they are going. 

To find out more, please contact Dr. Adrian Lennon at ext 3216, or via email at Adrian.Lennon@sta.uwi.edu.