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Collections
13 inspiring stories from the Women in Science tour
The Museum's new, free Women in Science tour tell some inspiring stories of women in science.
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News
Largest known Triceratops fossil sells for £5.6 million
The largest Triceratops ever found has sold for over £5 million in an auction that has caused controversy.
22 October 2021 -
Science news
New species is oldest meat-eating dinosaur found in UK
The oldest-known meat-eating dinosaur discovered in the UK has been named in honour of trailblazing Museum scientist Angela Milner, who passed away in August 2021.
6 October 2021 -
Collections
Caring for specimens at the Museum
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the conservation work undertaken for the Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature exhibition.
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Science news
Armoured 'slug' among 503 new species described by Museum scientists in 2020
30 December 2020 -
News
Curator Miranda Lowe conquers BBC's Woman's Hour Power List 2020
Miranda Lowe makes it onto BBC's Woman's Hour Power List 2020.
19 November 2020 -
Collections
The Natural History Museum in lockdown: flesh-eating beetles and exploding fossils
Who is looking after the collections while the Museum is in lockdown?
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Science news
Museum scientists described 412 new species this year
You can't protect what you don't know.
30 December 2019 -
News
Scientists support restoration of Brazil's National Museum collections after fire
A year after the devastating blaze in Rio de Janeiro, hope lives on.
27 August 2019 -
News
Mantellisaurus: 3D-scanning one of the most complete British dinosaurs
A usually inaccessible dinosaur will be available to researchers around the world.
20 August 2019 -
Dinosaurs
How to become a palaeontologist
Dr Susie Maidment shares what it's like to be a dinosaur researcher, how she got into this career and advice for budding palaeontologists.
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Rainbow Museum: celebrating our LGBTQ+ staff
LGBTQ+ staff share their stories in their own words.
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Collections
Joseph Banks: scientist, explorer and botanist
Meet eighteenth-century naturalist and collector Sir Joseph Banks.
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Dinosaurs
Meet the Museum's dinosaur hunters
Get to know the Museum scientists working on the latest dinosaur discoveries.
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Oceans
What does it take to study the ocean?
Much of the ocean remains unexplored, but scientists at the Museum are helping unravel the mysteries of the world beneath the waves.
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Collections
Nadine Gabriel: studying 4.6 billion years of history
The face of modern science is young, black, female and ambitious.
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News
Over 270 new species discovered in 2018
They include new dinosaurs, an ancient wombat and a giant shark.
27 December 2018 -
Patrick Campbell on being young and black in science
When Patrick started caring for the Museum's fish specimens, he became one of the institution's first black curators.
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Collections
Who was Graman Kwasi?
Though visitors can spot his namesake on the iconic gilded ceiling of the Museum's Hintze Hall, few will have heard of Graman Kwasimukambe.
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News
'Asteroid forensics' could reveal the origin of water
Meteorite impacts may have been key to life on Earth.
17 August 2018 -
News
Close-up images of asteroid Ryugu captured by spacecraft Hayabusa2
Discover the story behind the latest images to come from a Japanese sample return asteroid mission.
10 August 2018 -
News
New Centre for Human Evolution Research announced
The new centre will allow scientists to collaborate more closely and share pioneering research.
25 April 2018 -
Inside bioinformatics: Q&A with Dr Katherine James
Dr Katherine James combines her love of biology and computing to interpret complex genetic data.
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Collections
Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood: my Museum hero
Brachiopod curator Zoë Hughes celebrates the life and work of one of the Museum's great pioneering geologists.
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Collections
Explore the Museum's collection with Sir David Attenborough
Virtual reality is providing unprecedented access to the Museum's most precious specimens.
6 March 2018 -
Collections
The women watching over London's natural history collections
Women working with Museum collections share what they love about their jobs, and their advice for budding curators.
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Women in science and research at the Natural History Museum
Female researchers are helping to answer some of the biggest questions about life on Earth.
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Biodiversity
Life in the ice wilderness
Hear from researcher Dr Anne Jungblut as she explores the abundance of life in the glaciers of South Georgia.
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Collections
In high spirits: meet Charles Darwin's octopus
Brimming with enthusiasm for the natural world, even Charles Darwin didn't always get it right.
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News
New life found at the bottom of Antarctic seas
A massive survey of life in the freezing seas around Antarctica has shown that they harbour many more animals than previously thought.
25 January 2018