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Science newsMuseum collections show how pangolin populations have shrunk
Discover how we're helping some of the most threatened animals on Earth.
30 April 2020 -
NewsScientists say we will face worse pandemics than COVID-19 unless we protect nature
Humans are the only species responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to leading scientists.
29 April 2020 -
NewsTerra 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 newsWhy 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 newsNew 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 newsThe most detailed look inside the world's oldest dinosaur eggs
New scans reveal how dinosaur teeth developed.
9 April 2020 -
Science newsWe finally know what millipedes looked like when they lived underwater
A new fossil has revealed what they looked like.
7 April 2020 -
Science newsDating 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 -
Science newsAustralopithecus afarensis: Human ancestors had slow-growing brains just like us
Ancient fossils are revealing even more about this species' evolution.
1 April 2020
