Science review - the science of nature

The Museum is a scientific institution of international renown where respected scientists are researching the natural world.

Find out more about what Museum scientists are discovering about our planet.

Introducing science at the Museum

Find out more about science at the Museum from Professor Richard Lane Director of Science
Collections

The Museum is home to the largest and most important natural history collection in the world, with over 70 million specimens ranging from microscopic slides to mammoth skeletons.
Tree of life

Using living descendants and fossil remains, the study of phylogenetics aims to reconstruct the Tree of life.
Diversity, evolution and environment

Find out more about how the diversity of genes, genotypes and phenotypes are being related to evolution and the environment by Museum scientists.
What determines biodiversity?

Find out how scientists are using fossil remains to assess the effects of climate and geophysical change on biodiversity in the past
Parasites and tropical diseases

By studying parasites and the vectors that carry them, Museum scientists are contributing towards the control of devastating diseases of plants, animals and people.