Related: Museums at Night 2015 – a weekend of nocturnal activities "The idea has always been to get institutions to think about doing something different with their venues and different ways to attract audiences they wouldn't usually reach," said Nick Stockman, the festival campaign manager.
As part of the UK's largest after-hours cultural festival, more than 500 museums, galleries and heritage sites across the country are turning nocturnal this weekend, inviting the public to experience their collections and history after dark.
Aardvarks are nocturnal animals so they were wide awake and as startled to see us as we were to see them.
They "presented few signs of vigilance and anxiety during these nocturnal crop-raids", the authors note, despite some being chased by dogs.
4. Daft Punk to discuss nocturnal lottery idea. 5. Miley Cyrus to present findings of investigation into long-term impact of Robin Thicke in the twerkplace.
Their predilection for nocturnal lifestyles and partying can cause friction with those who have to abide by the more traditional nine-to-five working day.
"This was a cat we didn't know anything about a few years ago, it was thought to be nocturnal, we now know it isn't.
"[They] permit us to observe the diurnal, nocturnal, and discreet species difficult to [find through] direct observation like lesula, Congo peafowl, elephants and also dangerous species like leopard.
In its advice to Hunt, the committee said while numbers of the small nocturnal marsupial are uncertain – estimates vary from 1,000 to 10,000 – its decline is clear, with more than 80% of the population lost since the 1980s and a further 80% decline expected by 2031.
The 28-year-old DJ, formerly in a nocturnal slot and a surprise choice to take over from Chris Moyles at breakfast, certainly represents the winds of change at the station.
Finally, in the truly nocturnal style that Buenos Aires is famed for, the last guests leave the bar at 7.30am.
