This new species of wasp, native to the Patagonian lakes of Chile, has been named after Sir David Attenborough in celebration ...

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

You can enter the Museum through any of our three main entrances. The nearest Tube station is South Kensington. It’s about a five-minute walk from both our Central Entrance via our East Gate and our ...

There’s increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths ...

“For nodule mining, some simple scientific steps would help to resolve the risk of biodiversity loss, which is still mostly ...

The Natural History Museum, London hosted a formal ceremony on 5 May 2026 with the Japan Government’s Minister of Cabinet ...

A brand-new version of the Natural History Museum’s first-ever immersive experience, Our Story with David Attenborough comes to Outernet from Friday May 8th, Sir David’s 100th ...

Researcher in Petrology and Mineral Deposits in the Mineralogy and Origin of Ore Deposits Group of the Economic and Environmental Mineralogy Division, since July 2012 part of the Museum’s Department ...

What does it really take to study life in the deep ocean? Step aboard the RRS James Cook with our scientists as they explore ...

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

Find answers to your big nature questions. Delve into stories about our research, scientists and the collections we care for. Uncover the history of life on Earth, from the smallest insects to the ...