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

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

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

Set 100 years into the future, our first mixed reality experience combines innovative technology and with expert science to ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum, London, presents two exhibitions of work created by teenage ...

We offer an extensive programme of events for visitors, school groups, museum professionals and academics at the Museum in South Kensington. Browse our activities, special events and temporary ...

The oldest of the new species is Badjcinus timfaulkneri, which at an estimated 11 kilogrammes is also the largest. Not only ...

Bring nature to your doorstep by keeping wild birds fed with a homemade bird feeder. Follow our steps to build a seed feeder from a reused plastic bottle. Not only do bird feeders bring more local ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...

Filling your garden with fluttering insects will make your flowerbeds beautiful and support biodiversity at the same time. Museum ecologist Larissa Cooper explains how to do it. Butterflies are a ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is back for its sixtieth anniversary, celebrating the wonder of the natural world with some of the most extraordinary images of our planet. From high-jumping stoats ...