Bookings are now closed. Our next home education day is on Friday 6 November. View the programme Home educators are welcome to visit us to bring learning to life. We offer a range of opportunities to ...
Sarah Addezio has been appointed as Programme Delivery Director for DiSSCo UK at the Natural History Museum bringing ...
The secret of how seals can hear in air and water has been revealed using the Natural History Museum’s collection.
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, ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Our marine mammal expert Richard Sabin takes us through what scientists know – and don’t know – about narwhals, also known as unicorns of the sea. Ask a world-leading scientist a silly question, get a ...
Search the Archives and discover the amazing history of the Natural History Museum. The online catalogue of the NHM Archives is for researchers, students, professionals and members of the public ...
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 ...
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