An unassuming fragment of fossil bone collected four decades ago has turned out to be the first piece of dinosaur bone ever ...

Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820) insect collection of 4,000 insects, includes butterflies, flies, bugs and moths. The Banks and Sloane collections are the only two maintained separately within the ...

New study suggests Europe’s largest bony fishes once bred in the UK, and could be reintroduced to restore the country’s lost ...

Dinosaur backbone is the first found on the icy continent, and belongs to a titanosaur around 6–7 meters in length. First ever dinosaur remains found in Antarctica described Fossil belongs to an ...

Now in its sixth decade, Wildlife Photographer of the Year sees photographers from across the globe set out to document nature’s most incredible moments. It’s the biggest nature photography ...

The Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, was driven to extinction by European colonisers who hunted it, destroyed its habitat and introduced competing species. These practices still affect ...

Flying haphazardly through the air on a balmy summer day, the male stag beetle is in a hurry to find a mate. Find out how he puts his spectacular antler-like jaws to use, why this species needs ...

Misconceptions about dinosaurs are frequently fuelled by their inaccurate (though entertaining) representations in films. Not everything you've been led to believe about dinosaurs is true. The extinct ...

From music hall to posing pouch, the Victorian strongman (and dreamboat) Eugen Sandow rose to fame as an international celebrity and sex symbol during the close of the nineteenth century. His stardom ...

Spin our giant wildlife wheel to decide your quest and begin your journey to become a Walter’s Wildlife Hero. Inspired by Walter Rothschild, founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring, you’ll ...

In August 1768, under the command of then-Lieutenant James Cook, HMS Endeavour and her crew set sail for Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus - before opening sealed orders for a secret assignment.

Fish have been around since the dawn of complex animals. They were the first vertebrates, had the first live births and were the first four-limbed animals to venture onto land. The fossil fish ...