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While animals existed before the Cambrian Explosion, in a period known as the Ediacaran, they’ve been hard to study as they rarely fossilise. Generally, the only reminders of these animals are trace ...

First 1,000 schools in England take students outside to participate in global biodiversity research We use cookies to give you the best online experience. We use them to improve our website and ...

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that ...

Sphenodraco scandentis is a relative of lizards that would have climbed among the trees in ancient Jurassic forests.

Get a free ticket to visit the Museum and skip the queues. South Kensington, London. Download a map. We’re facing a nature crisis, but there’s hope Packed with contemporary science from our ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year The sixty-first exhibition will open at the Museum in October 2025. Sign up to be among the first to find out when tickets go on sale in August.

The extinct reptiles that dominated our planet over 66 million years ago have long captured our imaginations. As more is understood about dinosaurs, for the most part, our perceptions of them have ...

Titanosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs in the world The biggest dinosaurs of all were titanosaurs. They were one of the last surviving groups of sauropods when the asteroid that caused the non-avian ...

How big was the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs? “An asteroid impact is supported by really good evidence because we've identified the crater,” says Paul. “It’s now largely buried on the seafloor ...

For millions of years, parents across the animal kingdom have cared for their eggs and young, providing both time and resources, sometimes to their own detriment. Dinosaurs were no exception. Becky ...

Find out when the first birds appeared, what they looked like and how they behaved. Learn about the wonderchicken, as well as the earliest bird-like animals such as Archaeopteryx and Anchiornis.