*Please note some sections of this website are not updating accurately and so may be out of date. Apologies.* I’m a researcher in the field of ancient DNA (aDNA) and museum-based genomics, with a ...

You have the power to make a real impact on the planet. Generation Hope is an annual programme led in collaboration with young climate and nature leaders from around the world. It’s all about ...

It’s not little green men with flying saucers and laser guns that scientists are worried about, instead our foes will be much ...

Compiled by the Wellcome Sanger Institute and published in Frontier Economics, it is thought that sequencing all species from ...

How and why the Cambrian explosion occurred has been the subject of debate ever since fossils of this remarkable event were ...

The spiders commonly known as false widow spiders belong to the scientific group Steatoda. Because of their general resemblance to the much more notorious black widow spiders (Latrodectus), they can ...

Open daily except 24-26 December. Free, permanent gallery. Floor 2 of our Red Zone. Download the Museum map. Epic forces are at work every day, changing the face of our planet. Through dramatic film ...

The mystery of a controversial fossil, once believed to be the oldest known octopus, has finally been resolved. First ...

As the cave was over 100 kilometres from the coast when the pendant was made 15,000 years ago, it suggests that ancient ...

Discover the greatest explosion of life on Earth, when almost all types of animals first appeared more than 500 million years ago. Explore the stranger side of the natural world. Investigate the weird ...

Following a record-breaking 85,917 votes, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s Choice Award 2026 has concluded to announce Austrian photographer, Josef Stefan, as the winner for his ...