Sarah Addezio has been appointed as Programme Delivery Director for DiSSCo UK at the Natural History Museum bringing ...
The secret of how seals can hear in air and water has been revealed using the Natural History Museum’s collection.
If you thought our sleepovers were just for kids, think again. Join us after the Sun’s gone down and let your inner child go wild for a night of fun and games at the Museum. Not only will you get to ...
Keeping a nature journal is a great way to record any nature you see, from plants in the park to a spider in your living room. Here we provide simple craft instructions so you can make your own ...
Groundbreaking discovery shows humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought
Research published in Nature provides evidence of the earliest known instance of fire making by humans – around 400,000 years ago The ability to make fire is a critical turning point in human ...
An expedition to some of the Earth's deepest ocean trenches has broken records for deep-sea fish. The team has taken the deepest recording of any fish, as well as the first individuals caught below ...
Centuries after they were wiped out, the reintroduction of beavers to the UK is gathering pace. Following a government announcement allowing beavers to be released in the wild, a flurry of ...
Asian giant hornets are the largest social wasps in the world. Frequently referred to online and in the media as 'murder hornets', sightings of this species in North America, thousands of kilometres ...
Spotted lanternflies have been hitchhiking their way across Asia and the United States for several years. But why do they keep hitting the headlines? An invasion of spotted lanternflies, Lycorma ...
The subject of legends for thousands of years, the largest living invertebrates remain relatively mysterious. Living deep below the surface of the ocean, scientists are only just beginning to reveal ...
The date palm has been around for millions of years and holds scientific, religious and cultural importance around the world. The date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, is an evergreen tree that belongs to ...
The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, could disappear in the next century as rising sea levels threaten to submerge its habitat. It joins a number of iconic species, including the tiger, ...
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