The latest in the Museum’s free contemporary art programme, Arcadia by Sir John Akomfrah, opens November 6; John Akomfrah’s ...

Discover the microscopic dimensions of the smallest moths on the planet. With a wingspan of just 2.5 millimetres, Stigmella maya is one of the most petite moths known to science. But just how ...

From slow, plant-eating giants to fierce scavengers and hunters, dinosaurs once dominated the land. Search our alphabetical list, or explore dinosaurs by when and where they lived or what type they ...

There are roughly 400,000 species of beetle known to science, from miniscule insects less than half a millimetre long to giants longer than a chihuahua. Beetles - a group of insects also known as ...

It’s been more than half a century since humans last walked on the Moon, but we’re on the verge of doing so again. NASA’s ambitious Artemis programme aims to build the first lunar space station, so we ...

Lord Lionel Walter, Baron Rothschild, was born into a prominent banking family, but he had little interest in finance. Instead he pursued his childhood passion for collecting natural history specimens ...

The outline of Britain familiar to us today is a brief snapshot of a continually changing land. Discover how the reshaping of the landscape over the past million years affected the presence of humans.

A type, or type specimen, is the specimen that represents an entire species of animal, plant, fungi or other organism. Find out about the different kinds of type specimens, why they are important and ...

They could beat a horse in a race and survive a blizzard. No challenge is too much for these butterflies and moths. Beating the competition is everything. It’s forced some species to grow faster, ...

Dark, dramatic and dead set on decomposition, soil is alive. Heaving with microbes, worms, fungi and insects, it’s a hive of activity right beneath our feet. Find out the dirt on soil’s drama. In just ...

Nature’s spectacular colour palette reaches every corner of the world, from mountain tops to ocean beds. But while some bright colours last for hundreds or even thousands of years, this isn’t always ...

From snake-filled projectiles and medieval remedies to the very first antivenom, our relationship with venomous creatures has a colourful history. A fascination with toxic substances has led humans to ...