Leading seaweed scientists from Malaysia and the UK and officials from the Department of Fisheries Sabah are meeting with more than 50 stakeholders this week to propose a new Progressive Management ...

Natural History Museum scientist Laura Molares Moncayo studies microbial life in the Arctic. © James Bradley Laura Molares ...

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

Developed by NHM researchers, the BII is widely recognised as the most scientifically robust measure of ecosystem health. The BII tracks how biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems is affected by human ...

Historically, steppe mammoths were thought to have evolved into the woolly mammoth in Eurasia around 700,000 years ago, and the Columbian mammoth in central and southern North America around 300,000 ...

A groundbreaking new study suggests that Homo sapiens could have begun to emerge over one million years ago - pushing back our species’ origins by some 400,000 years compared with genetic estimates.

Book a free tactile tour or a hands-on workshop designed for adults with additional needs. Get up close to real specimens, enjoy crafts or take an audio-described highlights tour.

This is because the new analysis of the craniums also puts the Denisovans as the most closely related extinct human species to our own lineage. Therefore, if the Denisovans split off over a million ...

A new sensor network using AWS technology will collect live data making the Museum gardens the most intensively studied urban nature site of its kind in the world Alongside thriving wildlife, the ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that woolly mammoths and Columbian mammoths repeatedly interbred in North America, reshaping our understanding of how these Ice Age giants evolved in response to ...