News
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Piltdown Man tests could solve hoax - 12/12/2012
Chris Stringer and a team are using new tests to try to reveal the Piltdown hoaxer.
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Fossils could be first dinosaur to roam planet - 05/12/2012
245-million-year-old fossils belong to Nyasasaurus, possibly the earliest dinosaur.
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Important role of citizen science in monitoring UK biodiversity - 26/11/2012
More than 200 projects are reviewed and a citizen science project guide produced.
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22 treasures announced for new Natural History Museum gallery - 24/11/2012
From dodo bones to the first Neanderthal skull, find out the full 22 treasures.
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New ancient mosquitoes, could there be blood? - 19/11/2012
Could there be blood in 2 new 46-million-year-old mosquitoes?
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Museum human origins expert makes most influential list - 15/11/2012
Chris Stringer is one of London's 1,000 most influential people in 2012.
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Ancient fish holds key to teeth origin - 17/10/2012
Evidence of teeth in primitive jawed vertebrates has been found.
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Scientists blog from Borneo - 15/10/2012
Hungry leeches, rummaging macaques and a praying mantis in the dining room, follow the blog.
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New proof that Museum meteorite comes from Mars - 11/10/2012
Museum scientists reveal new proof of the Tissint meteorite's origin.
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Oldest fossil of complex brain identified - 10/10/2012
Scientists at the Museum identify a 520-million-year-old fossilised brain.
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Whopping diversity of wasps identified in tropical America - 03/10/2012
A huge 177 undescribed species of parasitoid wasps are identified.
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Ancient crocodiles ate like killer whales - 18/09/2012
Museum scientists help reveal feeding habits of crocodylians.
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World’s smallest vertebrate: fish versus frog - 17/09/2012
How do you determine what is the smallest animal? Museum scientist Ralf Britz explains.
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Denisovan DNA suggests a dark complexion and interbreeding - 31/08/2012
Museum's Chris Stringer comments on the ancient human genome research.
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NASA's Curiosity Mars landing live at Natural History Museum - 04/08/2012
Museum's Joe Michalski talks about the mission to land Curiosity on Mars.
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Invisible volcanic ash gives clues to Neanderthal demise - 03/08/2012
Scientists detect cryptotephra, a microscopic volcanic glass, from an ancient Italian eruption.
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Tissint meteorite helps build Museum Martian library - 30/07/2012
Museum's Martian library gets a boost with the Tissint meteorite.
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Bumper year for bee orchids, share your sightings - 17/07/2012
Summer-flowering orchids are flourishing and now’s a good time to spot them.
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Diplodocus stripped branches at feeding time - 16/07/2012
Museum scientists use techniques for designing F1 cars to reveal dinosaur feeding habits.
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Latest bugs sent to Museum for identification - 26/06/2012
It's National Insect Week and so the perfect time to take a look at the latest bugs sent to the Museum. Watch the video.
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Muscle reconstruction reveals how dinosaurs stood - 20/06/2012
Museum scientists reveal how the 4-legged dinosaurs stood for the first time.
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Largest group of fossil humans are Neanderthals after all - 12/06/2012
The world's largest known sample of fossil humans are Neanderthals, according to a study by the Museum's Chris Stringer.
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Penguin sex habits study rediscovered at Museum - 09/06/2012
A study on the sex lives of penguins, too graphic for 100 years ago, is published. Watch the video.
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Tomato genome is sequenced - 30/05/2012
35,000 genes are identified by sequencing the tomato genome.
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How the pufferfish got its beak - 07/05/2012
The origin of the unusual beak of pufferfishes has been discovered by Museum scientists.
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How to ID a modern human - 02/05/2012
One human skull may look a lot like another. Chris Stringer highlights the features that ID Homo sapiens.