Discover a haven for wildlife and people in the heart of London.
Journey beneath the waves and meet some of the fiercest marine reptiles that have ever lived.
Our research themes focus our work so we can find solutions to some of the biggest global challenges.
Dinosaurs
Discover why Morocco is so important for studying dinosaurs.
Discover why the commercial fossil trade isn’t simply black and white.
Science news
Looking fit is no guarantee of health for one of the world’s most plastic polluted birds.
If you know what you’re looking at, little bits of bone can add up to something big.
Collections
Our scientists have been 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.
News
Animals can be detected from hundreds of metres away, just by the presence of their DNA in the air.
Oceans
Discover how our researchers got up close to the incredible life on a hydrothermal vent in Iceland.
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.
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.
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.
Discover the important contributions made by one of London’s first woman geologists.
It has the highest density of plastic in the world.
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.
The fish burrows underground and breaths through the lining of its mouth.
Museum scientists are travelling the globe to understand how frogs see the world.
Space
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.
Anthropocene
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.
Biodiversity
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.
Museum scientists travelled to the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, to collect fresh specimens to improve our collections.
What is it like to stand on the ocean floor? What do you learn from a lifetime spent in the heart of the sea?
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