As the Earth absorbs more energy from the Sun and reflects less back into space, much of the excess heat is being funnelled ...

Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid whose components have remained relatively unchanged since the solar system's early days. NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission captured samples from the surface of the asteroid and ...

The mounds lie north of a feature of Mars known as the Martian dichotomy, where the towering, ancient highlands of the ...

By assessing the fossil record and the dinosaur family tree, the researchers’ models suggest that the first dinosaurs evolved ...

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars’ barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...

Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...

Taxonomist of more than 40 year’s experience working on a variety of insect groups, currently focussing on the hyperdiverse beetle group ‘weevils’. My key interests here are the higher classification ...

Over 2500 species of flea have been recognised worldwide and it is estimated that this number could eventually increase by 50 per cent. Of these, 62 species have been found in the British Isles and ...

Browse the oldest and most important entomology collection in the world with over 30 million insects. Gathered over 300 years, these specimens are key to telling the history of collecting, the science ...

Gentle giant or fierce meat-eater: which dinosaur shared your habits? Answer these questions to find out.

I graduated at the University of Turin (Italy) and completed two Masters and my PhD studies in Marseilles (France) before arriving at the Natural History Museum (NHM, London, UK) in 2002 with a ...

The geographic, stratigraphic and historical coverage of the seven million vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils in the Museum's palaeontology collection make it globally important. Our ...