From slow, plant-eating giants to fierce scavengers and hunters, dinosaurs once dominated the land. Search our alphabetical list, or explore dinosaurs by when and where they lived or what type they ...

Find out what you could win when you enter your images into the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an internationally renowned competition that ...

Summer is a great time to get outside and explore nature. The weather is warmer and your local area will be literally abuzz with activity and interesting things to see. Noticing and reconnecting with ...

The most intriguing quirk of the common tailorbird is perhaps that it creates its nest by sewing leaves together with its beak. Common tailorbirds, Orthotomus sutorius, are a species of songbirds in ...

As advocates for the planet, we try to think sustainably when making decisions and to operate in a way that’s kind to the environment. We aren’t perfect, but we’re looking at ways we can reduce our ...

Find calm with our list of five quiet galleries and spaces with mindful activities to help your wellbeing. These spaces usually have lower noise levels and fewer people than the rest of the Museum.

To protect themselves from being eaten by predators, some species have evolved clever defence mechanisms. Bombardier beetles have turned to chemical warfare, with some taking the art of escape to an ...

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 ...

Studying the societal value of biodiversity in the deep sea The global surge in demand for metals such as cobalt and nickel has created unprecedented interest in the exploration of deep-sea habitats ...

Researcher in Petrology and Mineral Deposits in the Mineralogy and Origin of Ore Deposits Group of the Economic and Environmental Mineralogy Division, since July 2012 part of the Museum’s Department ...

This new species of wasp, native to the Patagonian lakes of Chile, has been named after Sir David Attenborough in celebration ...

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 ...