A new study has revealed a network of touch-sensitive pits, known as a bill-tip organ, hidden inside the beaks of albatrosses ...

Find out the different ways scientists have of describing what species are, how they form and how many there are on Earth.

As a result of their long association with the birds, Alex and Jennifer have proposed changing the common name of the ...

The oldest of the new species is Badjcinus timfaulkneri, which at an estimated 11 kilogrammes is also the largest. Not only ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum, London, presents two exhibitions of work created by teenage ...

Natural History Museum to fundraise £150 million to transform the museum at South Kensington in time for 150th anniversary in 2031. To celebrate NHM150, we are restoring four exi ...

Food security and biodiversity are threatened by the chemicals contaminating our soils. Earthworms, insects and mites are all at risk from soil pollution, and scientists are worried that we know very ...

Visions of Nature is an immersive experience that allows visitors to experience how the world looks in 2125 to see how human actions have shaped our planet. Step into the future of the natural world ...

During 2020, the world threw away over 250 million tonnes of plastic. A fifth of this plastic pollution was dumped straight into the environment, as many nations struggle to keep up with the mounting ...