Large scale sequencing of closely-related species held in museums could help scientists tackle climate change, find new ...

Moss carder bumblebees were once widespread across the UK, living in flower-rich meadows, marshes and heathland where they ...

Explore 12 highlights from Nature and Us, including a prehistoric handaxe, a Star Wars figurine and even a 'talking'fish'.

From tomorrow, 16 September, a new free-to-visit gallery that looks at our evolving relationship with the natural world will ...

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 ...

A new report has found that the Darwin Tree of Life project, which aims to sequence the genomes of all complex life in the UK and Ireland, could generate billions of pounds for the global economy. It ...

Centuries after they were wiped out, the reintroduction of beavers to the UK is gathering pace. Following a government announcement allowing beavers to be released in the wild, a flurry of ...

London – UK – Wednesday 07 January - The Pokémon Company International and the Natural History Museum, London have unveiled new details about the highly anticipated pop-up shop first announced in ...

Fossils of ceratopsian dinosaurs, the group containing Triceratops and its relatives, are widespread across the northern hemisphere. However, they’re curiously absent from Europe. New research reveals ...

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 metres tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few centimetres high. Exactly how they got so big is uncertain, but new research on a ...

New research has uncovered the ancient origins of a mosquito that was originally thought to have evolved on the London Underground. Rather than having had a particular fondness for British commuters ...