Marmoretta is a stem lepidosaur, an early relative of the group containing all lizards and snakes as well as an unusual ...

For a brief period of a few weeks in the summer, male stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) fly in search of a mate. They use their spectacular jaws to wow the ladies and conduct dramatic duels with their ...

Taforalt cave, also called Grotte des Pigeons, is a globally important site. It contains the graves of over 30 ancient humans ...

The first samples returned from the far side of the Moon suggest it's 10-100 times drier than the side nearer Earth.

The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

The Natural History Museum hosted a formal ceremony on 10 April 2025 with Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport ...

While saving these species from extinction provides hope for the future, Dr Sophia Nicolov, AHRC Career Fellow and ...

The fossil expands the Denisovan's known range by thousands of kilometres and provides new insights into how this species looked.

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Get a free ticket to visit the Museum and skip the queues. South Kensington, London. Download a map. We’re facing a nature crisis, but there’s hope Packed with contemporary science from our ...