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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 ...
The butchered remains of great bustards found in the graves of people buried 15,000 years ago show that these birds had a cultural significance. The researchers hope that the remains unearthed in ...
The slender-billed curlew was a species of wading bird last officially seen three decades ago. Despite the occasional unsubstantiated reports since then, researchers have combed through all the ...
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is back for its sixtieth anniversary, celebrating the wonder of the natural world with some of the most extraordinary images of our planet. From high-jumping stoats ...
Free display, book your free Museum entry ticket. Images of Nature gallery, South Kensington This year we’re celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of our world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the ...
After more than a century of searching, the head of one of the largest ever birds has been found. Nicknamed the ‘giga-goose’, the newly uncovered skull provides a detailed insight into how Genyornis ...
Wells, streams and springs are in danger of going dry. Water levels in as many as a third of the world’s aquifers are declining faster now than they did 40 years ago as we take water out of the ground ...
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 ...
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 ...
From piggybacking macaques and enchanting mushrooms to the daring rescue of animals from war-torn Ukraine, Wildlife Photographer of the Year is back again for another show-stopping year. Here’s a ...