April

Science news

Museum collections show how pangolin populations have shrunk

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

30 April 2020

News

Terra Nova notebooks describing penguin sexual behaviours acquired by the Museum

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

25 April 2020

Science news

Why you should care about scientists sequencing the wheat genome

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

22 April 2020

Science news

New species from the abyssal ocean hint at incredible deep sea diversity

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

21 April 2020

Science news

The most detailed look inside the world's oldest dinosaur eggs

New scans reveal how dinosaur teeth developed. 

9 April 2020

Science news

Australopithecus afarensis: Human ancestors had slow-growing brains just like us

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

1 April 2020

Science news

Dating the Broken Hill skull: Homo heidelbergensis was younger than we thought

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

1 April 2020

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