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The Natural History Museum is excited to announce the launch of its latest podcast series, The ‘Perfect’ Specimen, a fresh and irreverent take on the natural world, hosted by Museum zoologist Dr ...

Looking back over the past 45 years it is gratifying to see how conservation of the collections has become so necessary and relevant to the work of the Museum. Women in science are being fully ...

Though these animals are vital to marine ecosystems, our impact on the planet is pushing bivalves to the brink. Habitat loss, ...

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Some of the world’s largest glaciers may take thousands of years to regrow if global temperatures breach 1.5ºC of warming.

We can’t fly you to the Moon, but we can do the next best thing – bring a piece of the Moon to you. Our Moon was formed when ...

While the tetrapods initially still needed water to reproduce, the evolution of the egg and internal fertilisation led to the first truly terrestrial vertebrates. Some of these animals, known as the ...

Mosura fentoni was a trailblazer for modern arthropods, developing adaptations that some crustaceans and arachnids re-evolved ...

Touch a piece of the Moon, snap a selfie holding a piece of Mars and enjoy a day out-of-this-world at the Natural History Museum’s new family exhibition all about the search for life in space.

The butchered remains of great bustards found in the graves of people buried 15,000 years ago show that these birds had a cultural significance. The researchers hope that the remains unearthed in ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is back for its sixtieth anniversary, celebrating the wonder of the natural world with some of the most extraordinary images of our planet. From high-jumping stoats ...