Two species of seal live in the UK all year round – the grey seal and the harbour seal. These earless seals are found around much of our coastline and sometimes venture into our rivers too. The grey ...

Scientists working on the Arctic archipelago’s largest island, Spitsbergen, uncovered a 249-million-year-old bonebed on the ...

Research published in the journal Comptes Rendus Palevol has identified that the vertebrae belong to a new species named ...

A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.

The images ‘Cat Amongst the Flamingos’ and ‘Ocean Lion’, included in the sixty-first Wildlife Photographer of the Year, have been withdrawn from our competition, including our exhibition in South ...

Researchers from the Natural History Museum and University of Cambridge have identified a new species of ancient symbiotic fungus preserved within a 407-million-year-old plant fossil from Scotland.

Thousands of representatives from all over the globe are in Belém, Brazil, for the next round of climate talks.

[12 November 2025, London, UK] The Natural History Museum has today announced that due to popular demand, its headline experience, Our Story with David Attenborough, will extend its run through summer ...

The century-long story of two blue whale vertebrae can now be told for the first time, revealing their part in helping to ban ...

We are a partner of the Centre for Ecology and Evolution, which runs a series of annual events to foster collaboration between researchers in London.

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...

Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life, causing organisms' shells and skeletons made from calcium carbonate to dissolve. The more acidic the ocean, the faster the shells dissolve. By ...