Research initiatives
We are asking key scientific questions in novel ways, using the Museum's vast natural history collections in combination with our expert knowledge of
- taxonomy and systematics
- origins and evolution of life, earth and the solar system
- biodiversity
- natural resources
- informatics.
Discover more about the new approaches we are taking to our key areas of research:
Toolbox
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Biodiversity initiative
Our researchers are focusing on tropical forests to tackle long-standing questions about the diversity of the most complex ecosystems on Earth.
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Tropical biodiversity in the 21st century symposium
This conference asks how we can develop inter-disciplinary, genomic approaches to accelerate the study of biodiversity.