Animals including humans

Interactives

Can you find Dippy's nostrils? What feature does Diplodocus share with humans but few other dinosaurs?

Rotate, zoom in and explore the features of this popular dinosaur.

Take a close look at the bones of the largest animal ever to have lived in this interactive 3D model of a blue whale skeleton.

What on Earth?

They may certainly look different, but mice and giraffes are more similar than you might think.

Dinosaurs

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the scientific examination of one of the world’s most complete Stegosaurus specimens.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaur researcher Professor Paul Barrett gives the lowdown on one of the most complete Stegosaurus ever found.

Whale hello there! Walk beneath the largest animal on Earth and explore dozens of other exhibits representing 4.5 billion years of natural history.

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Find out what was going on in the oceans while dinosaurs dominated the land in the Fossil Marine Reptiles gallery.

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Discover the biggest mammals in the animal kingdom.

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