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The Museum will open a new facility at the Thames Valley Science Park in collaboration with the University of Reading.  

Plankton which help feed the ocean, lock away carbon dioxide and even influence the weather may not be as vulnerable to climate change as feared.

Scientists have called for greater protections for species which are at risk of being collected into extinction.

The tooth of a young girl living hundreds of thousands of years ago may be from the Denisovans, an extinct hominid species of which very little is known. 

Edson Vandeira's image of the burnt corpse of a yacare caiman exposes the devastating impact of the Brazilian Pantanal wetland fires. 

Plankton which help feed the ocean, lock away carbon dioxide and even influence the weather may not be as vulnerable to climate change as feared.

Aerial photo of poisoned Romanian village Highly Commended in the fifty-seventh Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

The UK's insect population has fallen sharply as the invertebrates are affected by rising temperatures and fragmented habitats.

Edson Vandeira's image of the burnt corpse of a yacare caiman exposes the devastating impact of the Brazilian Pantanal wetland fires. 

Aerial photo of poisoned Romanian village Highly Commended in the fifty-seventh Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Mesmerising blood-sucking mosquito Highly Commended in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 57.

Community Care won the Photojournalist Story Award in the fifty-seventh Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The images document the efforts of the Lwiro Chimpanzee rescue centre and sanctuary, which rehabilitates orphaned chimpanzees.  

A log pile can give home and shelter to some of the smaller inhabitants of your garden.

A garden pond is one of the best ways you can help Britain's wildlife. You can create one in even the tiniest of gardens.

Birds need access to water year-round. Help them out by building a simple garden bird bath. 

The mountain chicken is teetering on the brink of extinction, but we may now have a way to save them.

Edson Vandeira's image of the burnt corpse of a yacare caiman exposes the devastating impact of the Brazilian Pantanal wetland fires. 

The Museum will open a new facility at the Thames Valley Science Park in collaboration with the University of Reading.  

Plankton which help feed the ocean, lock away carbon dioxide and even influence the weather may not be as vulnerable to climate change as feared.

Scientists have called for greater protections for species which are at risk of being collected into extinction.

The tooth of a young girl living hundreds of thousands of years ago may be from the Denisovans, an extinct hominid species of which very little is known. 

Crowdsourced photographs are helping to demonstrate the value of nature reserves to one of the world's largest fish.

Aerial photo of poisoned Romanian village Highly Commended in the fifty-seventh Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Another bird from the island of the dodo is in danger of becoming extinct, scientists have warned.

While the plants flowered, lunar soils negatively affected their growth, meaning there is still some way to go until farming on the Moon becomes a viable prospect. 

Male trilobites could have acted like modern horseshoe crabs, using claspers to grip females and increase their chance of fathering young.

The 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as Spanish flu, can help scientists understand how modern viruses evolve as they spread across the world. 

We now know how whales evolved from furry, four-legged critters to giants of the ocean.

The UK's insect population has fallen sharply as the invertebrates are affected by rising temperatures and fragmented habitats.

Moon dust can be used to create the materials needed to explore space.

There are fewer than 10 vaquita left in the world, but it's still possible to save the species.

Some of the largest animals that ever lived retained their size right up until they were wiped out 200 million years ago.

Can you match these songs and calls to nine common British garden birds?

Diseases which spread between animals and humans, such as Ebola virus, are likely to spread further than ever before.

Habitat loss and human persecution are the key drivers of their decline, with crocodiles and turtles most at risk.

Analyses of three meteorites suggest that the raw material for the origin of life may have formed in space.

A new report from the British Ecological Society warns the UK needs to change how it looks after biodiverse areas of the country.

Over half of all seabirds have been lost in the past 50 years, seeing less of the nutrients vital to life moved from sea to land.

A new natural history course for UK high school students will help pupils develop a deeper understanding of the natural world.

The world's first flying vertebrates may also have been some of the biggest show-offs.