May

The unusual beak of the pufferfish is produced by small tweaks to the normal programme of tooth development, research reveals this week.

Museum scientists have helped decode the genome for a snail that transmits the world's second-most deadly parasitic disease. The information could inspire new methods of disease control.

The Museum's spectacular new central space will reopen on 14 July - and visitors can win an exclusive tour and be the first to experience it.

Museum human origins expert Chris Stringer comments on the implications for palaeoanthropology of new research suggesting Homo naledi lived relatively recently.