Scientists have now re-examined the 2000-year-old skeleton and its DNA with new techniques. Dr William Marsh, one of our ...

The new species of beetle has been named Macratria durrelli as a tribute to the famous naturalist Gerald Durrell. © Telnov, D. 2025. A museum scientist has paid homage to the renowned British ...

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

Until not that long ago, scientists widely agreed on the evolutionary journey that plants took from the oceans to the land. They thought that algae evolved into mosses and their relatives, known as ...

Over the last 12 months, scientists from London’s Natural History Museum have been busy collecting, studying and cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth. Museum scientists have given ...

The skeletal remains of this Roman-aged female individual were uncovered in the collections of Eastbourne Town Hall in 2012. Subsequent research suggested her origins were in sub-Saharan Africa; ...

UK and Thai scientists joined government officials and other NGOs in Bangkok, Thailand to build resilience in the seaweed industry in Thailand to the impacts of climate change.

Indonesian and UK scientists meet in Jakarta and Lombok to ensure increased resilience of seaweed sector We use cookies to give you the best online experience. We use them to improve our website and ...

Travel through 4.6 billion years of our planet's history and help protect its future. Snap a selfie with a piece of Mars, touch a fragment of the Moon and lay your hands on a meteorite older than our ...

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.

Our researcher and armoured dinosaur expert Susannah Maidment is here to tell us more.