The life cycle of a Fly Agaric mushroom, by Jenni Colquhoun (the Illustrated Lab)

Remember those mad drawings from old textbooks that showed you what a duck-billed platypus looked like? Or creepy but fascinating drawings of your insides found in an old schoolbook? And suddenly, you discovered that everything inside your body comes in a bag, starfish don’t have any blood, and the UK used to be on the equator and full of dinosaurs and your mind was blown.

Whatever you stumbled on - you now needed to know how the world worked, and these quirky drawings were the window to your new knowledge.

The Illustrated Lab brings that wonder back to your every day through Jenni Colquhoun's unashamedly blunt, enthusiastic and meticulous drawings.

Jenni is an illustrator with a degree in animation, a master's in medical art, and a genuine enthusiasm for knowledge. She brings you carefully researched, fun and fascinating drawings inspired by natural science.