Join us for a new family morning hosted by Captain Joe, our resident marine explorer, who’ll guide you through a series of ocean-themed activities. Junior oceanographers-in-training will begin with an ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year has launched its sixty-second competition, calling for entries from photographers across the globe of all nationalities, backgrounds and experience levels.

Shifts in Earth’s climate and ecosystems will have untold consequences for billions of people across the world.

Andrea Dominizi (Italy) finds a longhorn beetle looking like a guard observing an intruder. Andrea noticed this longhorn ...

Almost three quarters of all vertebrates that have been driven extinct by humans lived on islands. The majority of these ...

Discover how we are using our broad knowledge and cutting-edge techniques to benefit both people and the planet. Find out how you can access our world-renowned collections as well as our data, library ...

Book your tickets for our Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which opens Friday 17 October 2025. In the image Ghost Town Visitor, a hyena stands looking near the direction of the camera as ...

What could be better than a dino disco? Join us for the best party in town! Bring along the kids, show off your Jurassic jive and listen to your favourite tunes at our family-friendly headphone disco.

My research focuses primarily on the palaeobiology of the ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaurs. I work on the systematics and taxonomy of all major ornithischian clades, and have current research ...

The museum’s mineral preparation laboratory prepares specimens from the collections for further analysis with SEM, geochemical and optical description ...

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 ...

New analysis shows that the vast majority of the areas we depend on for our survival aren’t being well looked after.