In 2024, just 47 people were hurt in unprovoked shark attacks – the lowest level in almost 30 years. In an average year, humans kill tens of millions of sharks. At the same time, about 70 people will ...

Ancient birds may have soared over their dinosaur relatives in the Late Jurassic. A new species found in China, known as Baminornis zhenghensis, shows that early birds already had some of their ...

Packed with contemporary science from our world-leading researchers, our new gallery explores practical, nature-based ...

Book your free Museum entry ticket online in advance. See how artists and scientists view the natural world through more than 100 images from the Museum's collection in the Images of Nature gallery.

Today, the Natural History Museum, London, announced the first new permanent gallery to open since 2016, Fixing Our Broken Planet, which will open 3 April 2025. The gallery and a new programme of ...

A striking portrait of a badger admiring some street art has swept to victory in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60 People’s Choice Award. Titled No Access, Ian Wood’s photo fought off ...

‘No Access’, British photographer Ian Wood’s perfectly timed capture of an ambling Eurasian badger glancing up at some rather familiar graffiti in St Leonards-on-Sea, England, has won the tenth ...

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably different from the familiar creatures we’ve come to recognise. Although ...

I am a specialist on the taxonomy of the nightshade family, Solanaceae, and have spent much time in the field in Central and South America collecting plants. My particular focus of research is the ...

In this workshop you’ll meet experts from policy, corporate, science and youth activism circles. Hear about their career journeys and discover just how many different ways there are to help save the ...

I am a Merit Researcher in Cosmic Mineralogy and Planetary Sciences. My team and I are interested in the formation of the Solar System and the formation and evolution of moons of the terrestrial ...

Evoking atmosphere and a sense of place - with the habitat as a major element of the picture – to convey how an animal is an integral part of its environment. Tamara Stubbs (UK) spots these crabeater ...