London’s exciting, free Christmas display returns to the Natural History Museum, as the animatronic T. Rex makes a festive ...
The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition has revealed its 2026 winners, with an extraordinary image of an elephant carrying a deceased calf crowned the year's best ...
Many Ancient Egyptian deities were represented by animals. For example, Horus, the god of kingship and the sky, is represented by a falcon, and Anubis, the god of embalming, is represented by a jackal ...
The world’s leading wildlife photography competition, the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, kickstarts its 62nd year with a sneak peek of its 100 winning images for 2026. The ...
A newly discovered dinosaur is shining a light on an important moment in the evolution of dinosaurs. Discovered on the shore of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, Musango matusadonaensis opens a window into the ...
An unassuming fragment of fossil bone collected four decades ago has turned out to be the first piece of dinosaur bone ever discovered on Antarctica. Today, Antarctica is known for its thick ice cap ...
The identity of a mysterious artefact found in Devon almost 160 years ago has finally been revealed. New research has identified it as a pendant made from the tooth of a grey seal, which would have ...
The early explosion of complex life may have happened earlier than we thought. The discovery of a new fossil site in China has revealed exceptionally well-preserved specimens from the Ediacaran Period ...
The Natural History Museum was the UK’s most-visited attraction in 2025, welcoming more than 7.1 million visitors to its famous building in South Kensington. The figures represent an all-time record ...
A ‘quite rare’ fossil find from South Korea is the nation’s first new dinosaur in 15 years. Adding to the rich diversity of extinct animals from this region, it has been called Doolysaurus huhmin due ...
Groundbreaking discovery shows humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought
Research published in Nature provides evidence of the earliest known instance of fire making by humans – around 400,000 years ago The ability to make fire is a critical turning point in human ...
The reanalysis of ancient human skulls unearthed in China might upend how we thought humans evolved. New research argues that the age of the skull suggests that the split between our lineage and that ...
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