Though these animals are vital to marine ecosystems, our impact on the planet is pushing bivalves to the brink. Habitat loss, ...

Some of the world’s largest glaciers may take thousands of years to regrow if global temperatures breach 1.5ºC of warming.

We can’t fly you to the Moon, but we can do the next best thing – bring a piece of the Moon to you. Our Moon was formed when ...

Mosura fentoni was a trailblazer for modern arthropods, developing adaptations that some crustaceans and arachnids re-evolved ...

While the tetrapods initially still needed water to reproduce, the evolution of the egg and internal fertilisation led to the first truly terrestrial vertebrates. Some of these animals, known as the ...

Touch a piece of the Moon, snap a selfie holding a piece of Mars and enjoy a day out-of-this-world at the Natural History Museum’s new family exhibition all about the search for life in space.

Welcome to the Nature Recording Hub. Here you can discover how to record the wildlife in your urban environment, improving our understanding of UK habitats and how to protect and enhance them. By ...

Looking back over the past 45 years it is gratifying to see how conservation of the collections has become so necessary and relevant to the work of the Museum. Women in science are being fully ...

There are more than 1,000 active volcanoes dotted around our planet, but only a select few have produced unimaginably colossal eruptions, earning themselves the title of supervolcano. Find out more ...

If you want to record the biodiversity in your local area, you might wonder where to start. You might have a preference for certain species groups, a rough idea of what lives on your site, or a ...

These activity guides focus on a specific gallery or theme. They can be printed as a booklet or as single pages. These resources can be used anywhere in the Museum and are suitable for Key Stages 1-3 ...

The electron microscope is a type of microscope that uses a beam of electrons to create an image of the specimen. It is capable of much higher magnifications and has a greater resolving power than a ...