California condors – known scientifically as Gymnogyps californianus – are imposing vultures. They’re the largest bird ...

A new study has revealed a network of touch-sensitive pits, known as a bill-tip organ, hidden inside the beaks of albatrosses ...

Find out the different ways scientists have of describing what species are, how they form and how many there are on Earth.

Our unique collections and world-class expertise are helping to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. Find out how you can access our world-renowned collections as well as our data, ...

When a full Moon occurs at the closest point to Earth during its orbit, it appears larger and brighter, becoming what is commonly known as a 'supermoon'. A supermoon is widely recorded as being much ...

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I am a molecular evolutionary biologist who works with museum collections, archaeological and paleontological material. I use modern and ancient DNA, together with protein and isotope data, to ...

The UK Species Inventory is a database of all UK wildlife and it provides the taxonomic foundation for most biological recording and analysis systems. The Natural History Museum maintains this ...

The Museum's botany collection holds an estimated 5.25 million specimens of algae, bryophytes, ferns, seed plants, lichens and slime moulds from all over the world. The botanical collection spans a ...

Select a scene to explore the whale's story, from the ocean to the Museum's collections to the historic Hintze Hall.

A small number of species have modified their life cycle to omit the planktonic stage (inner cycle in diagram). These lecithotrophs produce a smaller number of much larger yolky eggs which are ...

My research is broadly concerned with the evolutionary origins of animals. I use an innovative interdisciplinary approach, combining cutting-edge imaging and modelling methods with palaeontological ...