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 ...

Flip the lens and consider the impact that nature has had on us. Discover specimens and stories that explore our relationship ...

Join us for a talk exploring the life and legacy of pioneering scientist and fossil hunter Dorothea Bate, who was born in 1878. Author Karolyn Shindler and our Senior Curator of Fossil Mammals, Dr ...

As the Upper Mammals Gallery in 1911. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum London ...

For the first time, the impacts of plastic pollution have been seen at a population level in wild animals. Consuming just 0.5 grams of plastic reduces the recruitment of juvenile sable shearwaters by ...

We’ve prized sticky, sugary-sweet honey for thousands of years, but how do honeybees make this golden marvel and is it good for us? We have one small insect to thank for our UK supermarket aisles ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...