NHM Collections: Zoology Specimens

The Natural History Museum's Zoology collections contain millions of specimens representing animal life from across the globe. Collected over centuries of scientific exploration and research, these specimens provide a valuable record of biodiversity and natural history.

This dataset provides access to the digitised portion of the Zoology collection and includes specimen records together with associated collection information. Available fields may include taxonomic classification, collection data, geographic information and other specimen-associated metadata, although coverage varies across the collection.

The dataset can support a wide range of applications including AI and machine learning, biodiversity informatics, geospatial analysis, environmental research and scientific discovery.

Data is supplied in Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) format.

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