Bristol City Museum / Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly {Ornithoptera alexandrae} museum specimens, male top, female below. World's largest butterfly, wing span 1 foot / 30 cms. Endangered species occurs in Papua New Gu...

Bristol City Museum / Great auk specimen - seabird hunted to extinction mid 19th century {Pinguinnus impennis}

Bristol City Museum / Dodo model {Raphus cucullatus} - flightless bird native to Mauritius, hunted to extinction.

Bristol City Museum / Traditional Museum display case of stuffed animals, Bristol City Museum, UK.

Bristol City Museum / Ivory billed woodpecker specimen - thought to be extinct but seen in Arkansas in 2005

Bristol City Museum / Ivory billed woodpecker specimen - thought to be extinct but seen in Arkansas in 2005

Bristol City Museum / Ivory billed woodpecker specimen - thought to be extinct but seen in Arkansas in 2005

Bristol City Museum / Peppered moth {Biston betularia} specimens: melanic dark form is better camouflaged in urban areas and has been dominant in UK but as air quality has improved over past decades, the lighter form is ma...

Bristol City Museum / Extinct Plains Zebra subspecies - Equus quagga burchelli. There are several subspecies of Plains Zebra with stripes that range from more black and white towards the north of its range to more brown an...

Bristol City Museum / Extinct Great Elephantbird {Aepyornis maximus} of Madagascar egg next to domestic hen egg.

Bristol City Museum / Carolina parakeet {Conuropsis carolinensis} - museum specimen. Extinct 1914. Only parrot species indigenous to USA

Bristol City Museum / Passenger pigeon {Ectopistes migratorius} - museum specimen. Native to N. America, was once perhaps the most numerous bird on earth - vast flocks existed. Hunted to extinction 19th century. Last indiv...

Bristol City Museum / Passenger pigeon {Ectopistes migratorius} - museum specimen. Native to N. America, was once perhaps the most numerous bird on earth - vast flocks existed. Hunted to extinction 19th century. Last indiv...

Bristol City Museum / Traditional museum diorama display of Springbok antelope

Bristol City Museum / Thylacine / Tasmanian tiger / Tasmanian wolf skeleton. Native to Australia extinct 1936 {Thylacinus cynocephalus}

Bristol City Museum / Thylacine / Tasmanian tiger / Tasmanian wolf - native to Australia extinct 1936 {Thylacinus cynocephalus}. Museum specimen

Bristol City Museum / Great auk egg {Pinguinnus impennis} Seabird species hunted to extinction mid 19th century

Bristol City Museum / Dingy skipper butterfly camouflaged on stones {Erynnis tages} England

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Elephant hawk moth pupae {Deilephila elpenor}

Bristol City Museum / Saddleback moth caterpillar {Acharia / Sibine sp}

Martin Evans / Bristol City Muse / Boxbug {Conocerus acuteangulatus} England

Phil Chapman / Bristol City Muse / Large skipper butterfly {Ochlodes venatus} UK

Martin Evans / Bristol City Muse / Landhopper {Arcitalitrus dorrieni} Terrestial amphipod.England.

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Deptford pink flowering {Dianthus armeria} Cornwall, England.

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Speel bank flowering in wetlands {Rhynchospora alba} England

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / {Hygrophorus sp} fungi on sand dunes, UK

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Waxcap fungus {Camarophyllus / Cuphophyllus niveus}

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Waxcap fungus {Hygrocybe ceracea} toadstools, Scotland

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Waxcap {Hygrocybe obrussea} toadstools. Wales, UK

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Scarlet hood waxcap fungus {Hygrocybe coccinea} Scotland.

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Waxcap {Hygrocybe conica} toadstools. Wales

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Waxcap {Hygrocybe chlorophana} toadstools. Wales

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Waxcap {Hygrocybe ceracea} toadstools. Wales

Jones-Parry / Bristol City Museu / Waxcap {Hygrocybe reae} toadstools, Wales

Bristol City Museum / Meadow saxifrage {Saxifraga granulata} England