Natural History Museum scientists have described and named 190 new species to science in 2024 The list includes a snake named ...

Reflecting the simple beauty or complex artistry of nature. Images can be in colour or black and white and although may not match the criteria of other categories, they must remain true to nature.

Bertie Gregory (UK) tracks a pod of orcas as they prepare to wave wash a Weddell seal. This pod belongs to an ecotype known as B1 - the pack ice orcas -identified by their characteristically large, ...

In 1912 Charles Dawson, an amateur archaeologist claimed to have discovered the ‘missing link’ between ape and man. He had found part of a human-like skull in Pleistocene gravel beds near Piltdown ...

There are a number of species of beetle in the UK that will attack natural fibres such as wool, silk, fur, feathers and skins. It is the immature larvae forms that cause the damage, rather than the ...

We are describing and documenting patterns of copepod species to determine how their diversity evolves. Copepods are one of the most abundant forms of life on Earth. They are dominant in the community ...

A previously unknown rock type at the future landing site of the European Space Agency’s new Mars rover is revealing more about the red planet. The rock is believed to have come from an ancient ...

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Our species mated with the Neanderthals much later than thought. New research reveals that Neanderthal genes entered our own DNA within the past 50,000 years, rewriting the story of how Homo sapiens ...

Tyrannosaurs once roamed what is now the southern coast of England. Fossil teeth uncovered in East Sussex have provided the first evidence of these dinosaurs in this region from the Early Cretaceous ...

In this activity, your class will use images of historic peppered moth specimens from the Museum's collection to understand variation in a population. They will then play the lucky landing game to ...