There are two species of seahorse in the British Isles – the short-snouted seahorse and the spiny seahorse. Both species are mostly found along the south and west coasts of England and Wales but have ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Our Story with David Attenborough is an immersive experience. Moving images will be projected on all four walls and the floor of the gallery. There will be moments of darkness, bright lights and ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

About the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera project The Manual of Afrotropical Diptera provides an up-to-date, well-illustrated, interpretable means for identifying families and genera of two-winged ...

The Natural History Museum and Marine Conservation Society are once again calling on people across the UK to head to the coast and take part in the Big Seaweed Search - a nationwide citizen science ...

These bone-eating communities are ancient, and have been on Earth for at least 100 million years. Before whales existed, bone-eating worms were eating into the skeletons of mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs and ...

Disabled visitors can see the newest edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year away from daytime crowds. We use cookies to give you the best online experience. We use them to improve our website ...