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

In the search for life on Mars, scientists have discovered more about the planet’s explosive past. The future Mars rover ...

field guide to common fossils in Britain, covering nearly 90 fossil groups interactive map of Britain and geological map overlay illustrations and data for more than 1,200 fossils in the Museum ...

Find the current valid taxon for genus- and species-group names.

The invasive harlequin ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis) form large clusters in autumn. Why do the insects gather around windows? And should you be concerned about the sexually transmitted disease (STD) ...

Papers published in the journals Nature and Science have used the bones to narrow down when Neanderthals and H. sapiens ...

The great orange tip fights for survival by borrowing the outfit of a much deadlier creature. Without many means of defence, butterflies, moths and their caterpillars often resort to disguise to fool ...

Heart urchins (spatangoids) and their relatives (holasteroids, disasteroids) have a bilaterally symmetrical test composed of ten double columns of plates, five interambulacral columns (labelled 1-5) ...

The Watling collection is the largest of the 3 collections. Thomas Watling (c1767-1797) was a trained artist and there is a superior quality to his work compared to the other painters and their ...

Browse the oldest and most important entomology collection in the world with over 30 million insects. Gathered over 300 years, these specimens are key to telling the history of collecting, the science ...

Gentle giant or fierce meat-eater: which dinosaur shared your habits? Answer these questions to find out.

In the centre of India's largest city, humans spend their days alongside big cats. Photographer Nayan Khanolkar is documenting the extraordinary lives of urban leopards. In the suburbs of Mumbai, the ...