Fieldwork

If you know what you’re looking at, little bits of bone can add up to something big. 

Our scientists are looking for a rock that formed so long ago it was on Earth before complex life lived on land. 

Thai PhD student Chawatat investigates the hidden lives of Southeast Asian bumblebees.

Animals can be detected from hundreds of metres away, just by the presence of their DNA in the air.

Palaeontologists have uncovered thousands of perfectly preserved Jurassic fossils in a sleepy area of the Cotswolds. 

One species is known only from a single specimen in the Museum's collection. 

As well as intriguing vent animals, the team got to see humpback whales breaching in the bay.

This is thought to be one of the most significant dinosaur sites ever found in South Africa.

A far greater variety of dinosaurs lived here than we realised.

Find out how well you'd get along on a dino dig to search for famous Jurassic dinosaurs such as Brachiosaurus.

Explore an interactive story about Museum experts' adventure to Wyoming, USA, when they went off-grid in search of Jurassic dinosaurs.

An ancient swamp full of fossils from extinct animals was discovered in Mauritius.

Discover how palaeontologists find and dig up prehistoric reptiles.

Have a go at our quiz about Museum palaeontologists' recent adventures on the Mission Jurassic dig.

Insects from Merseyside were some of the first animals studied in a new project.

Dr Susie Maidment shares what it's like to be a dinosaur researcher, how she got into this career and advice for budding palaeontologists.

Get to know the Museum scientists working on the latest dinosaur discoveries.

The Museum now has the largest collection of freshwater bryozoa in the world.

Discover the important contributions made by one of London's first woman geologists.

It has the highest density of plastic in the world.

The small but mighty insects buffer the forests against drought.

Although spinosaurs were named in 1915, little was known about these giants until a 31-centimetre-long claw was discovered in the UK in 1983.

Find out what can happen when fieldwork doesn't go exactly as planned, and how to do a simple DIY science project at home.

When Patrick started caring for the Museum's fish specimens, he became one of the institution's first black curators.

Scientists are still unsure where the species came from.

The fish burrows underground and breaths through the lining of its mouth. 

Dwarf emus were driven to extinction by humans. Now their remains are at risk too.

Birds that live on Lord Howe Island are facing death by ocean plastic. 

Discover rarely displayed illustrations and specimens from Captain Cook's first voyage.

Royal Mail has just launched Captain Cook stamps starring the Museum's collections.

Museum scientists are travelling the globe to understand how frogs see the world. 

To help us tell fact from science fiction, scientists and engineers involved in the ExoMars 2020 program discuss the latest on the search for life on Mars.

Researchers have discovered several new animal species living on the Pacific seafloor.

Join Dr Adrian Glover as he journeys to the site of a collapsed Antarctic ice shelf. Experience the awe-inspiring view from the ship deck.

This discovery will allow scientists to look at the effects of climate change on blue-green algae and their toxins in Antarctica. 

The adventures of a tenacious female explorer brought to life by comic artist Sammy Borras.

It's the most diverse part of the ocean, but plenty of people have never heard of it.

Hear from researcher Dr Anne Jungblut as she explores the abundance of life in the glaciers of South Georgia.

An expert in underwater filming, Orla Doherty is one of the lucky few to have explored the deepest parts of the ocean.

What is it like to stand on the ocean floor? What do you learn from a lifetime spent in the heart of the sea? 

The Museum and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have launched a $27 million (£19 million) partnership to demonstrate the feasibility of eliminating intestinal worms, which infect more than 1.45 billion people.

Braving ice-cold water pays off for research team who discover diverse microbial life flourishing at the bottom of an Antarctic lake.

Museum scientists travelled to the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, to collect fresh specimens to improve our collections.

Hyperspectral imaging allows us to read for the first time one of Alfred Russel Wallace's notebooks that was ruined in a shipwreck.

Document found in Museum's archive suggests the river blenny was wiped out on Cyprus.