Packed with contemporary science from our world-leading researchers, our new gallery explores practical, nature-based ...

‘No Access’, British photographer Ian Wood’s perfectly timed capture of an ambling Eurasian badger glancing up at some rather ...

Switch on and get down at the Natural History Museum's chart-topping silent disco. Choose your side as three DJs do battle over separate wireless channels, playing the very best of new and old. Don a ...

Today, the Natural History Museum, London, announced the first new permanent gallery to open since 2016, Fixing Our Broken Planet, which will open 3 April 2025. The gallery and a new programme of ...

The geographic, stratigraphic and historical coverage of the seven million vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils in the Museum's palaeontology collection make it globally important. Our ...

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 ...

Join us on this special tour as we delve into the fascinating history of our beautiful building and reveal the secrets it ...

Welcome to the wonderful world of chalcidoid wasps! Described as "gem-like inhabitants of the woodlands by most never seen nor dreamt of", chalcidoids include some of the most beautiful insects on the ...

Browse the oldest and most important entomology collection in the world with over 30 million insects. Gathered over 300 years, these specimens are key to telling the history of collecting, the science ...

Whales are accomplished divers. The deepest whale dive recorded so far was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. A 2014 study used satellite-linked tags to follow the dives of eight beaked whales off the ...

Find answers to your big nature questions. Delve into stories about our research, scientists and the collections we care for. Uncover the history of life on Earth, from the smallest insects to the ...

Gentle giant or fierce meat-eater: which dinosaur shared your habits? Answer these questions to find out.