A grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Grey squirrels are an alien species from the USA and have displaced the native red squirrel over much of the UK. One advantage the greys have over the reds is the ability to digest acorns. A grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Grey squirrels are an alien species from the USA and have displaced the native red squirrel over much of the UK. One advantage the greys have over the reds is the ability to digest acorns.

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Events for adults

Our programme of adult talks takes place every third Thursday of the month and covers a wide range of natural history-related subjects. Advance booking required, tickets £2.

The Work of an Ashridge Warden

Join National Trust warden Lawrence Trowbridge and discover what it takes to manage a 5,000-acre estate, a very large herd of fallow deer and half a million visitors every year.

19.00–20.00
Thursday 16 October

Fancy That: Darwin’s Pigeons

It was 150 years ago that papers on natural selection by Darwin and Wallace were read at a Linnean Society meeting in London and the world changed. Ornithology played a crucial role in the work of both men – Wallace explored a far-flung archipelago while Darwin kept pigeons at home. Find out about the birds that inspired Darwin and how his high-flying ideas had some very humble foundations.

19.00–20.00
Thursday 20 November

Alfred Russel Wallace: Hertfordshire’s most famous naturalist

Find out more about the fascinating life of Alfred Russel Wallace, co-discoverer of the theory of natural selection with Charles Darwin. Educated in Hertford, Wallace was also the father of zoo-geography and a skillful writer on many subjects.

19.00–20.00
Thursday 18 December

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The Museum's smallest members of staff are our flesh-eating beetles, Dermestes maculates, who strip carcasses to the bone.

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