Scientists have shown how Earth's earliest animal communities from ~560 million years ago were capable of impacting the ...

The first animal communities could have had a big impact on how complex life evolved over 550 million years ago. These early ...

The 1,000 Fishes Blueprint, launched by the Shoal partnership, aims to push back against this concerning trend. It’s hoping ...

By studying tree rings from the past 2,000 years, researchers have revealed that the summer of 2023 was exceptionally hot. A ...

At COP15, the world’s nations agreed to protect 30% of their land and sea by the end of the decade in a campaign known as ...

Over 90 exceptional researchers from across the world have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences, including Prof Anjali Goswami of the ...

WildPhotos is a one-day photography symposium taking place in Bristol, UK, on Sunday 13 October and available online. A world-class line-up of speakers will come together for a unique programme of ...

The Natural History Museum is pleased to announce its newly transformed gardens will open to big and small explorers on 18 July. The Museum has reimagined the five-acre site into ...

Octopuses have blue blood, three hearts and a doughnut-shaped brain. But these aren't even the most unusual things about them! Known for their otherworldly look and remarkable intelligence, octopuses ...

The UK Species Inventory is a database of all UK wildlife and it provides the taxonomic foundation for most biological recording and analysis systems. The Natural History Museum maintains this ...

Adventure awaits in our new gardens – a paradise for little explorers and time travellers. Your little adventurers will love exploring our new gardens. Whizzed back into the past, they’ll get to touch ...

Revealing the most interesting or memorable behaviour of any of the multitude of smaller animals without backbones – whether on land, in the air or in water. On still, humid nights, the old termite ...