In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.

There are around 11,000 species of bird living on our planet. They come in all shapes, colours and sizes, but which is the biggest of them all? From the tallest and the heaviest to giant nests and ...

Discovered during excavations at Boxgrove in West Sussex, the ancient hammer is among the oldest elephant bone tools ever ...

The Museum's diatom collection is one of the largest in the world, containing over 300,000 specimens accumulated from the early nineteenth century to the present day. The collections are a crucial ...

Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 million years ago. However, another of our Scientific Associates Dr Ana Riesgo ...

The UK Species Inventory is a database of all UK wildlife and it provides the taxonomic foundation for most biological recording and analysis systems. The Natural History Museum maintains this ...

In the last 12 months, we celebrated the start of our new science centre and appointed our first Director of Collections. A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi ...

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Dive into hands-on activities to identify local wildlife, embark on family adventures, and contribute to vital nature monitoring projects. Discover endless ways to get involved and make your mark on ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the Natural History Museum's annual competition and exhibition highlighting the unique and beautiful relationship between photography, science and art. What began ...

The Museum's botany collection holds an estimated 5.25 million specimens of algae, bryophytes, ferns, seed plants, lichens and slime moulds from all over the world. The botanical collection spans a ...

14,700 years ago, in a cave in Somerset, our ancestors were eating other people. Museum research reveals these Ice Age Britons weren't eating human flesh out of necessity but as part of a ritual. 'The ...