Sarah Addezio has been appointed as Programme Delivery Director for DiSSCo UK at the Natural History Museum bringing ...

The secret of how seals can hear in air and water has been revealed using the Natural History Museum’s collection.

Some of our most famous specimens were collected by Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy during the round-the-world voyage of HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836. Accepted on board as a gentlemanly ...

Search the Archives and discover the amazing history of the Natural History Museum. The online catalogue of the NHM Archives is for researchers, students, professionals and members of the public ...

Sea monsters have a prominent role in the myths and legends of most seafaring cultures on Earth. With such inspiring ocean biodiversity, it’s not difficult to see why. Join Oliver Crimmen, our ...

Explore the world's best nature photography, exhibited on exquisite light panels for an immersive exhibition like no other.

Explore the age of the dinosaurs. Discover what the prehistoric world was like and how it changed between when dinosaurs first appeared and the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Non ...

Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820) insect collection of 4,000 insects, includes butterflies, flies, bugs and moths. The Banks and Sloane collections are the only two maintained separately within the ...

Our marine mammal expert Richard Sabin takes us through what scientists know – and don’t know – about narwhals, also known as unicorns of the sea. Ask a world-leading scientist a silly question, get a ...

Misconceptions about dinosaurs are frequently fuelled by their inaccurate (though entertaining) representations in films. Not everything you've been led to believe about dinosaurs is true. The extinct ...

Waterhouse created an extraordinary menagerie of terracotta designs worthy of a ‘cathedral to nature’. From the imposing gargoyles on the façade to the most delicate interior detail, every element of ...

Fish have been around since the dawn of complex animals. They were the first vertebrates, had the first live births and were the first four-limbed animals to venture onto land. The fossil fish ...