Though these animals are vital to marine ecosystems, our impact on the planet is pushing bivalves to the brink. Habitat loss, ...

Could Life Exist Beyond Earth? will take you on an interstellar adventure like no other. Rocketing you from Earth’s most ...

Some of the world’s largest glaciers may take thousands of years to regrow if global temperatures breach 1.5ºC of warming.

Mosura fentoni was a trailblazer for modern arthropods, developing adaptations that some crustaceans and arachnids re-evolved ...

While the tetrapods initially still needed water to reproduce, the evolution of the egg and internal fertilisation led to the first truly terrestrial vertebrates. Some of these animals, known as the ...

Koala numbers have fallen drastically over the last 100 years due to hunting and habitat loss. A comparison between modern koala genomes and historical specimens has shown a decrease in their genetic ...

Our scientists are leading the way when it comes to looking for nature-based solutions for a more sustainable planet, but they can’t do this alone. As part of Fixing Our Broken Planet’s national ...

The UK’s biodiversity is among the most thoroughly documented in the world. However, key biodiversity metrics indicate that UK nature is in crisis. To reverse this, the Natural History Museum’s UK ...

Touch a piece of the Moon, snap a selfie holding a piece of Mars and enjoy a day out-of-this-world at the Natural History Museum’s new family exhibition all about the search for life in space.