Join our spider-spotting team looking-out for 11 species, and build our understanding of how their populations are faring in ...

A national blue plaque has been unveiled for palaeontologist Dorothea Bate at the Natural History Museum in Tring.

In this lively presentation, Ben will share jaw-dropping discoveries to spark the minds of young explorers. It’s all inspired by his latest book, Zombie Worms and Blue Dragons: Celebrating 100 Iconic ...

Nature and Us invites you to explore the fascinating ways people have understood and connected with the natural world throughout history. Discover remarkable specimens, archive material and objects ...

The world’s leading wildlife photography competition, the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, ...

A newly discovered dinosaur is shining a light on an important moment in the evolution of dinosaurs. Discovered on the shore of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, Musango matusadonaensis opens a window into the ...

An unassuming fragment of fossil bone collected four decades ago has turned out to be the first piece of dinosaur bone ever discovered on Antarctica. Today, Antarctica is known for its thick ice cap ...

The identity of a mysterious artefact found in Devon almost 160 years ago has finally been revealed. New research has identified it as a pendant made from the tooth of a grey seal, which would have ...

The Natural History Museum was the UK’s most-visited attraction in 2025, welcoming more than 7.1 million visitors to its famous building in South Kensington. The figures represent an all-time record ...

A ‘quite rare’ fossil find from South Korea is the nation’s first new dinosaur in 15 years. Adding to the rich diversity of extinct animals from this region, it has been called Doolysaurus huhmin due ...

Centuries after they were wiped out, the reintroduction of beavers to the UK is gathering pace. Following a government announcement allowing beavers to be released in the wild, a flurry of ...

The controlled use of fire is one of the reasons our species was able to survive and spread around the world. But the newly unearthed evidence of the earliest fire-making shows that we were not the ...