From slow, plant-eating giants to fierce scavengers and hunters, dinosaurs once dominated the land. Search our alphabetical list, or explore dinosaurs by when and where they lived or what type they ...

Twenty-four new species of crustaceans have been discovered as part of a project to name 1,000 deep-sea animals by 2030 ...

Keep an eye out in early spring and you may be lucky enough to spot the delicate pink and white blooms of a cherry tree. Discover when you can see cherry blossom in the UK, which cherry species grow ...

To protect themselves from being eaten by predators, some species have evolved clever defence mechanisms. Bombardier beetles have turned to chemical warfare, with some taking the art of escape to an ...

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

Find out what you could win when you enter your images into the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an internationally renowned competition that ...

The most intriguing quirk of the common tailorbird is perhaps that it creates its nest by sewing leaves together with its beak. Common tailorbirds, Orthotomus sutorius, are a species of songbirds in ...

Find calm with our list of five quiet galleries and spaces with mindful activities to help your wellbeing. These spaces usually have lower noise levels and fewer people than the rest of the Museum.

Studying the societal value of biodiversity in the deep sea The global surge in demand for metals such as cobalt and nickel has created unprecedented interest in the exploration of deep-sea habitats ...

This new species of wasp, native to the Patagonian lakes of Chile, has been named after Sir David Attenborough in celebration ...

A small dinosaur that once dashed along North American riverbanks has found a new home in London. The new species, named Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, is the most complete named specimen of its kind ...

Across northern Europe, the remains of human bones covered in cutmarks, breaks and human chewing marks have been found. New research shows that some human groups living around 15,000 years ago were ...