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From exploring the biodiversity of the deep ocean and the origins of our solar system to tackling climate change and achieving food security, explore our vast research portfolio.
ALIENinSoil: Sequencing soil microorganisms
Amphibian disease and conservation
Antarctic marine biodiversity and climate change
Bio+Mine: Biodiversity positive mining for the net zero challenge
Biodiversity in deep-sea mining exploration areas
Body size variation in Quaternary mammals
Breaking the taxonomic barrier
Centre for Russian and Central EurAsian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS)
Cetacean (Re)Sources: Reconnecting cetacean specimens with the legacies of empire and whaling
Chironomids as environmental indicators
Ciliate taxonomy and diversity
Coevolution of plants and soils
Copepod colonisation and parasitism
Cryptic diversity in green lacewings
DEEPEND: Deep-ocean resources and biodiscovery
Deep Sea ID: an app from the World Register of Deep-Sea Species
Deep-sea systematics and ecology
Developmental genetics, genomes and evolution of helminth parasites
Dinosaur and plant coevolution
Dispersal and diversification in freshwater environments
DTRA-NK: Emerging public health threats in Africa's drylands
Ecosystem response to environmental change
Environmental change in UK freshwater systems
European Space Agency: exploration sample analogue collection and curation facility
Evolution and development of vertebrate structures
Evolution and taxonomy of African elephants
Evolution and taxonomy of Asian elephants
Evolution and taxonomy of Ice Age deer
Evolution of colour and vision in marine invertebrates
Evolution of the snake visual system
Evolutionary convergence in Solanaceae
Evolutionary significance of a new UK Middle Jurassic Largerstätte
EXCALIBUR: soil biodiversity in horticulture
Extinction of large mammals in the Late Quaternary Ice Age
Freshwater and coastal lichens

Find out how you can access our world-renowned collections as well as our data, library, labs and other science facilities.

We offer a range of Masters courses and PhD research projects in partnership with other leading institutions and universities.

More than 300 scientists work across the Museum, including in our collections, library and archives and facilities.