The event was hosted by the Natural History Museum’s Director Dr Doug Gurr, the Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, Secretary of State for Energy Security & Net Zero Ed Miliband, and Secretary of State ...

Almost three quarters of all vertebrates that have been driven extinct by humans lived on islands. The majority of these ...

7,500 educational settings now taking part in the free National Education Nature Park programme ...

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) transformed the way we understand the natural world with ideas that, in his day, were nothing short of revolutionary. He and his fellow pioneers in the field of ...

It’s the first time insects preserved in amber have been found in South America, and makes the region one of just a handful ...

New analysis shows that the vast majority of the areas we depend on for our survival aren’t being well looked after.

The Natural History Museum Ice Rink has now closed. After an incredible 16 years of ice skating at the Museum, the five-acre gardens on which the rink used to sit have now been transformed into a hub ...

The UK Species Inventory is a database of all UK wildlife and it provides the taxonomic foundation for most biological recording and analysis systems. The Natural History Museum maintains this ...

Can’t make it to London? The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition tours in the UK and internationally all year round. Please get in touch directly with venues or refer to their websites for ...

Some dinosaurs could reach enormous sizes. In fact, the very biggest would tower over any land animal alive today! Get to know some of the largest dinosaurs to have ever walked the planet. Dinosaur ...

Stegosaurus, Allosaurus and Diplodocus are among the Jurassic Period’s most famous faces. But how dinosaurs went from a small and unimportant group of reptiles to ruling our planet for millions of ...

The henna plant has been widely used throughout the world for thousands of years, particularly within medicine and art. However, its origin and history are not well-recorded. Despite its popular ...