Sarah Addezio has been appointed as Programme Delivery Director for DiSSCo UK at the Natural History Museum bringing ...

Sir Richard Owen (1804–1892) is regarded as one of the most prominent scientific figures of the Victorian era. He devoted a career spanning 60 years to research in zoology and palaeontology, ...

The secret of how seals can hear in air and water has been revealed using the Natural History Museum’s collection.

Gilbert White was a pioneering English naturalist who transformed the way we look at the natural world. His lifelong love and talent for observing and recording nature influenced Charles Darwin, among ...

Roaming the galleries and gardens can be exhausting stuff. Rest and refuel in our cafes and pick up dinosaur and nature-inspired gifts and souvenirs in our shops. Refuel in our cafes and pick up gifts ...

Select a scene to explore the whale's story, from the ocean to the Museum's collections to the historic Hintze Hall.

Flying haphazardly through the air on a balmy summer day, the male stag beetle is in a hurry to find a mate. Find out how he puts his spectacular antler-like jaws to use, why this species needs ...

The Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, was driven to extinction by European colonisers who hunted it, destroyed its habitat and introduced competing species. These practices still affect ...

Some of our most famous specimens were collected by Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy during the round-the-world voyage of HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836. Accepted on board as a gentlemanly ...

We now know how good the sense of smell was in giant sloths, sabre-toothed tigers and other long-lost species. In the last 12 months, we celebrated the start of our new science centre and appointed ...

Misconceptions about dinosaurs are frequently fuelled by their inaccurate (though entertaining) representations in films. Not everything you've been led to believe about dinosaurs is true. The extinct ...

Waterhouse created an extraordinary menagerie of terracotta designs worthy of a ‘cathedral to nature’. From the imposing gargoyles on the façade to the most delicate interior detail, every element of ...