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The Natural History Museum is excited to announce the launch of its latest podcast series, The ‘Perfect’ Specimen, a fresh and irreverent take on the natural world, hosted by Museum zoologist Dr ...
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Imagine yourself back to the time of the dinosaurs. What would you see? We've created a scavenger hunt that will help bring that time to life for you and your family.
A family programme in action, delivered as part of our partnership with the LEGO Group's Build the Change programme, August 2023. We are so grateful for the continued support of our Patrons throughout ...
Revealing life under water, whether portraying a particular marine or freshwater environment, focusing on the behavior of an animal or placing it within the context of a specific underwater location, ...
Revealing the most interesting or memorable behaviour of any of the multitude of smaller animals without backbones – whether on land, in the air, or in water. Georgina Steytler (Australia) observes a ...
Replacing fossil fuel-reliant power stations with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, is a vital part of stabilising climate change and achieving net zero carbon emissions. Professor ...
Dinosaurs dominated Earth for over 140 million years before having their reign ended by a colossal asteroid impact. Is it possible to bring these long gone reptiles back from the dead and, if we could ...
Our need to transition to green technologies to curb the unfolding climate crisis has never been more pressing. But doing so is expected to require ever greater amounts of limited resources such as ...
Across northern Europe, the remains of human bones covered in cutmarks, breaks and human chewing marks have been found. New research shows that some human groups living around 15,000 years ago were ...
Scientists have paid homage to an eye-conic villain from the Lord of the Rings in the name of a group of butterflies. While there are currently only two members of the genus Saurona, many more ...
It’s been more than 20 years since the last confirmed sighting of a wild baiji. These river dolphins are the first cetaceans – the mammal group that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises – to have ...