Travel through 4.6 billion years of our planet's history and help protect its future.
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Discover: our online magazine about the natural world
Bringing you the latest stories and answering your big questions about nature.
Check out our news, features, videos and activities on everything from dinosaurs to the planetary emergency.
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Science news‘It’s almost like a dream’: Sample of asteroid Bennu arrives at the Natural History Museum
Welcome to the next era of natural history collections.
28 November 2023 -
Science newsToxic chemicals in UK whales and dolphins are exceeding safe limits
Almost half of marine mammals around the UK are being poisoned by banned chemicals.
28 November 2023 -
Science newsMoth found in West London is a new species from Australia
Specimens of the hitchhiking insect have been sitting undescribed in the Museum’s collections since 1886.
23 November 2023 -
British wildlifeNatural by design: Seven designs to bring nature into towns and cities
Can creativity carve out more space for nature in our towns and cities?
