From Monday 19 October until Thursday 3 December 2026, Wildlife Photographer of the Year invites nature photography ...
Oscar Whitfield (Zimbabwe/UK) notices the arduous exertion of this dung beetle pushing its precious cargo. Using a fast ...
Federico Veronesi (Italy) witnesses a powerful moment of an elephant carrying a dead calf, a rare glimpse into complex animal ...
Say hello to Attenboroughnculus tau! This new species of wasp, native to the Patagonian lakes of Chile, has been named after Sir David Attenborough in celebration of his centenary. An unassuming ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The controlled use of fire is one of the reasons our species was able to survive and spread around the world. But the newly unearthed evidence of the earliest fire-making shows that we were not the ...
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 ...
The Grand Title Award went to Wim van den Heever for his picture of a brown hyena in the abandoned town of Kolmanskop, Namibia. In the image Ghost Town Visitor, a hyena stands looking near the ...
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 ...