The Museum has been working in close collaboration with the Government of Japan and the Ainu Association of Hokkaido to ...

There’s increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths ...

Explore the history of life on Earth, from 3.5-billion-year-old fossils to the vast diversity of species on our planet today.

Ocean acidification is mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean. This leads to a lowering of the water's pH, making the ocean more acidic. Carbon dioxide is ...

What does it really take to study life in the deep ocean? Step aboard the RRS James Cook with our scientists as they explore ...

A brand-new version of the Natural History Museum’s first-ever immersive experience, Our Story with David Attenborough comes to Outernet from Friday May 8th, Sir David’s 100th ...

The 19-metre-long Nanaimoteuthis haggarti was a fearsome carnivore eating fish, crustaceans and many other sea creatures.

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

New research suggests that the seabirds washing up on Australian beaches in 2023/24 were only a tiny fraction of the overall ...

A new species of coelacanth has been identified from a 150-year-old fossil housed at London’s Natural History Museum. Former University of Portsmouth palaeontology student Jack L. Norton located the ...

Hire one of the Museum's most iconic spaces for your private event. The spectacular ceiling and grand staircase make the perfect backdrop to any event.

*Please note some sections of this website are not updating accurately and so may be out of date. Apologies.* I’m a researcher in the field of ancient DNA (aDNA) and museum-based genomics, with a ...