News

Looking at the record of bird poo preserved for thousands of years could give us clue as to what might happen as climate change gathers pace.

A series of 'safety nets' are needed to prevent the next set of goals from failing. 

The spacecraft completed Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection.

An image of a Siberian tiger scent marking won this year's grand title.

Rodents of unusual size once lived across the Caribbean.

His Royal Highness Prince William has created The Earthshot Prize to generate a global movement to repair our planet.

The world's biggest animals are nature's engineers.

See the winning images in our photo competition, Nature in lockdown: a breath of fresh air.

The extinction risk to plants could be worse than previously thought, according to a landmark report.

Enthusiasm for beekeeping in the UK's major cities is threatening other local wildlife, according to a new report.

Centuries of farming, building and industry have made the UK one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe.

This is the first time the relative eye size of frogs has been compared across all vertebrates. 

Were dinosaurs adhering to social distancing rules, or were they living in tight-knit herds?

A gas has been found in the clouds of Venus that could have been created by microbes.

Animal populations have declined by 68% since 1970.

This is the first 3D preserved embryo of a sauropod.

Will 2020 become the year we stop taking nature for granted?

Bronze Age people were keeping human body parts and preserving them.

Explore a selection of the latest Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition images.

Prehistoric societies in the Britain were creating artistic designs on rock as long ago as the late Ice Age.

The skull shape of birds is just a tiny fraction of the diversity that would have been seen in their dinosaur ancestors.

For the first time ever, evidence of cancer has been found in the bones of a dinosaur.

The first official red list for British mammals has been produced.

The first taxonomically verified checklist of the plants of New Guinea is complete.

The Royal Society Athena Prize is awarded to senior bird curator Alex Bond.

A new cat-sized dinosaur with hooks for hands has been described. 

Single-use plastics have seen a resurgence in 2020.

Where will the rover land, and will it find life on Mars?

The origin of dinosaurs, their demise and what Dilophosaurus really looked like. 

A new report found that 395 million new jobs could be created by 2030 if world leaders focus on protecting nature.

Whales are some of the only animals with wonky heads.

New research on Turkana Boy is changing our understanding of the species Homo erectus.

A new study has found that the eggs of the earliest dinosaurs had soft shells.

The painting dates to at least 1,000 years ago.

Scientists have relocated to a testing centre in Milton Keynes, where they are helping to analyse coronavirus tests.

A new family of ancient marsupials has been discovered, relatives of modern-day wombats and koalas.

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

Why do the majority of animals undergo metamorphosis?

A 110-million-year-old dinosaur's fossil stomach has been studied by scientists.

The Trustees of the Museum have announced the appointment of Dr Douglas Gurr as the new Director.

It's the longest period since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.

Pangolin scales are no longer approved for use in traditional Chinese medicine.

Human waste was found 2,000 metres below the ocean surface.

Explore the latest findings from across the world of palaeontology.

Who is looking after the collections while the Museum is in lockdown?

Tracking the diversity of turtles could also give us clues as to how they might respond to increasing pressures in the future.

A new discovery reveals this hadrosaur had one of the largest geographical ranges of any dinosaur.

Dinosaur experts share some of the latest science news and views from across the world of palaeontology.

A satellite has revealed ancient Martian rivers in more detail than ever before.

Climate change is having a bigger impact on animals and plants in the ocean than those on land.

Discover how we're helping some of the most threatened animals on Earth.

Humans are the only species responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to leading scientists.

Extraordinary notebooks from the Terra Nova Antarctic expedition are available for study for the first time.

Sequencing the wheat genome could help to protect food supplies in the future.

New species of the deep ocean floor are helping change how we think. 

New scans reveal how dinosaur teeth developed. 

A new fossil has revealed what they looked like.

Ancient fossils are revealing even more about this species' evolution.

Africa and Eurasia were inhabited by a whole range of hominin species just a few hundred thousand years ago.

This may alter the recreation of some non-avian dinosaurs. 

The Lord's Sparrow received conservation care at the Museum.

An ancient invertebrate lost its legs to live in tubes. 

Straight-tusked elephants were among the largest land mammals ever to have existed.

Three new coins have been designed.

The two mice only fought for a second, before one grabbed a crumb and they went their separate ways.

No other marine mammal has displayed this behaviour. 

Samples collected on the HMS Challenger are teaching us about climate change. 

The Triassic reptiles were found in Zimbabwe.

Singapore is losing its butterflies as forests decline and building programmes boom.

Earth's natural systems are struggling to support us.

The Museum has partnered with Warner Bros. and BBC Studios Natural History Unit. 

You can't protect what you don't know.