Thank you very much for your design! I like the idea of using the letter L like you do. Do you think it was possible to somehow incorporate nature into the L? Or in some other way into the design. We do research on various species ranging from insects (beetles, ants, butterflies, for example) to different mammal, bird and fish species and plants too. If the variety of life was somehow shown in the new logo it would be great!
The picture of the old logo was just an example. The new logo can be something totally different.
I'm sorry I did not have time to comment your new design before. I wanted to say that it was better than the first one but I did not give a very high rank for it because the illustration was perhaps a little bit confusing. If you have new ideas for designs where the organisms were separate I would be happy to see them!