By assessing the fossil record and the dinosaur family tree, the researchers’ models suggest that the first dinosaurs evolved in the dry savannahs and hot deserts of the ancient supercontinent ...

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars’ barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction.

“Both eyes can peer out from underneath the notch, giving a greater view of their surroundings while still partially shielded ...

The mounds lie north of a feature of Mars known as the Martian dichotomy, where the towering, ancient highlands of the ...

Grab the family and come to our new Dino Disco where you can don a set of headphones and dance the evening away. With tunes ...

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 for urban wildlife. This is part of a national ...

A jar of krill specimens with visible eye spots. Blue whales eat huge volumes of these small crustaceans. Blue whales eat krill - tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that live throughout Earth's oceans. The ...

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 ...

Late Eocene to Recent; very widespread in tropical to temperate regions. One of the commonest fossil echinoids in the Tertiary. Many nominal species have been described, but only two others have the ...

Despite their name, glow-worms aren't worms at all: they're beetles. They use their bioluminescent bodies to communicate with other beetles, in an attempt to attract a mate. The ocean is well known ...

Can you find Dippy's nostrils? What feature does Diplodocus share with humans but few other dinosaurs? Rotate, zoom in and explore the features of this popular dinosaur.