2018

They include new dinosaurs, an ancient wombat and a giant shark.

Rats and pigeons are thriving, but unique species are disappearing.

It likely went extinct at around the same time as Neanderthals.

Small primates were sailing the high seas long before humans existed.

Whales had more cortisol in their bodies while the global whaling industry was at its peak.

Hunting for meat is now a serious threat to the species' survival.

It could help us to monitor mining impacts in the ocean.

A new study is helping to explain how evolution works.

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

The earliest human drawing, dating back to the Stone Age, has been found in a cave in South Africa. 

Researchers have found evidence that suggests Mars once had an ancient ocean and a water cycle similar to Earth's. 

Researchers are delving into the origin of the aubergine by sequencing its DNA.

Fragments of bone from a Siberian cave reveal ancient human species were mating.

Meteorite impacts may have been key to life on Earth.

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

Scientists have concluded that there is not enough carbon dioxide on Mars for humans to live on the planet.

The presence of a subglacial lake could provide an environment for life

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

A new paper challenges the traditional idea that our species evolved from a single population in one region of Africa.

Remains of young people who were ritually sacrificed have been found from Bronze Age Mesopotamia.

Scientists are studying the way dragonflies fly in the hope of making small planes more stable and robust.

Scientists have developed new adhesives inspired by some very sticky slugs.

At around 4.5 billion years old, the Mukundpura meteorite may hold key information about the early solar system.

Thousands of ocean animal specimens have joined the Museum's collections, including a group of rare anglerfish.

For the first time, scientists have an image of what happens inside an ant's brain when it is infected with a parasitic worm.

Researchers uncovered how the genome of a dinosaur might have looked by studying turtles and birds.

A meteorite sample from the Museum collection is revealing more about how and when the crust of the Red Planet formed.

The DNA of thousands of animals, including endangered species, is being collected in a national network of freezers.

A deadly fungus has been devastating populations of amphibians all over the world - but no one knew where it began until now.

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

Researchers have been studying the magnetic fields of 4.6-billion-year-old meteorites.

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

Museum archaeologists have helped to uncover clues to the people who lived in North Africa 15,000 years ago. 

Plants appeared on Earth 100 million years earlier than scientists previously thought.

Ancient DNA reveals that the British population was all but wiped out and replaced roughly 4,400 years ago.

A newly-discovered fossil jawbone has revealed that Homo sapiens had already left Africa 180,000 years ago.