The art of science - in pictures

The famous oil painting of a dodo by 17th-century artist Roelandt Savery Photograph: NHM Dodo raphus cucullatus by palaeontologist Julian Hume. The image was created by examining the skeletons of dodos, and depicts it having longer legs, a straighter neck, a less bulky body and a smaller head than in Roelandt Savery's painting Photograph: NHM A flying ant in Baltic amber Photograph: NHM Watercolour of a bird of paradise flower (Strelitzia) by Franz Bauer, 1818 Photograph: NHM A goliath beetle ( Goliathus goliatus ), one of the largest insects in the world, which can reach more than 11cm (4.5 inches) in length. The x-ray revealed the presence of a single shotgun pellet inside the body Photograph: NHM European insects attributed to Van Kessel Photograph: NHM Micro-CT scan reconstruction of a pollen-bearing leaf from a 310-million-year-old seed fern ( Crossotheca hoeninghausi ), which was preserved inside sedimentary rock. The scan reveals the external shape and structure of the leaf, including clusters of pollen-containing sacs Photograph: NHM Great Bustards, Little Bustards by John Gerrard Keulemans. The canvas is huge, covering the full height of the gallery wall Photograph: NHM Electron micrograph of Osedax mucofloris – which means bone-eating snot-flower – a new species of marine worm discovered in 2004 Photograph: NHM Polar bear ( Ursus maritimus ) by John Woodhouse Audubon Photograph: NHM The Eurasian eagle-owl ( Bubo bubo bengalensis ), artist unknown, watercolour, 1812 - 1831 Photograph: NHM A stained cichlid skeleton Photograph: NHM