A national blue plaque has been unveiled for palaeontologist Dorothea Bate at the Natural History Museum in Tring.

In this lively presentation, Ben will share jaw-dropping discoveries to spark the minds of young explorers. It’s all inspired ...

Nature and Us invites you to explore the fascinating ways people have understood and connected with the natural world ...

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 ...

Discover the stories behind some of this year’s incredible images, from a bullfrog fail to an American black bear enjoying a ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Animals bite, grind and grab with their teeth – but nothing used its mouth quite like Tanyka amnicola. With its uniquely twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth, the new species was a relic of an ...

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 ...

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 ...