Flip the lens and consider the impact that nature has had on us. Discover specimens and stories that explore our relationship with nature, revealing more about who we are. Open to the public for the ...

Federico Veronesi (Italy) witnesses a powerful moment of an elephant carrying a dead calf, a rare glimpse into complex animal behaviours. Federico was tracking elephants when he came across an unusual ...

Step away from the everyday and immerse yourself in the natural world. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an internationally acclaimed exhibition, celebrating the very best in nature photography.

14,700 years ago, in a cave in Somerset, our ancestors were eating other people. Museum research reveals these Ice Age Britons weren't eating human flesh out of necessity but as part of a ritual. 'The ...

Think you know your birds from your bees? See how good you are at recognising the nature on your doorstep by testing yourself in our animal sounds quiz. Correct! It's the croak of a common frog. You ...

Summer is a busy, noisy time for insects. The season’s long, sunny days are filled with their sounds. Crickets are singing loudly to serenade a mate, the calls of water boatmen are reverberating ...

The outline of Britain familiar to us today is a brief snapshot of a continually changing land. Discover how the reshaping of the landscape over the past million years affected the presence of humans.

Today, we sit alone on the only remaining branch of the human family tree. But we’re only one character in the story of human evolution. To truly understand who we are, we must look at how we got here ...

Oscar Whitfield (Zimbabwe/UK) notices the arduous exertion of this dung beetle pushing its precious cargo. Using a fast ...

The Madagascan moon moth (Argema mittrei) begins life as a caterpillar, hatching from one of 100 to 150 eggs, although many of its siblings will not make it to adulthood. The caterpillar, along with ...

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A type, or type specimen, is the specimen that represents an entire species of animal, plant, fungi or other organism. Find out about the different kinds of type specimens, why they are important and ...