November

Visitors will be able to take a virtual reality tour through the world's largest coral reef from 11 December 2015, as David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef Dive opens at the Natural History Museum.

A Museum researcher's 'midge thermometer' innovation has helped explain why the Earth was plunged into a mini ice age almost 13,000 years ago.

Museum scientists use cutting-edge imaging techniques to unravel the secrets of 517-million-year-old animals, uncovering new evidence for brain fossilisation.

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

Museum donates cast of Ilford mammoth skull to the London community where the fossil was found.

Mammoth teeth study led by Museum palaeontologist Prof Adrian Lister reveals the origins of the Columbian mammoth and interbreeding with woolly mammoths.

Institutions in South Kensington will host a day of events celebrating the launch of British astronaut Tim Peake.

Museum scientist Dr Martha Richter helps discover two new species of extinct amphibians and the oldest reptile fossil skeleton ever found in South America.

Researchers reveal a link between tapeworm parasites and cancer-like infections in people with compromised immune systems.