While the first records of human medicine are thousands of years old, new research suggests that medicine itself might ...

Digging deeper into the findings, the researchers found different earthworms prefer different habitats. Anecic and endogeic worms prefer lawns and meadows, while epigeic species prefer to live in the ...

Let’s show off how amazing our cities can be for wildlife this spring! City Nature Challenge is an annual four-day global 'bioblitz' nature hunt, to assist in recording and protecting wildlife in ...

The Natural History Museum is pleased to announce that Robert Noel and Prof Yadvinder Malhi CBE FRS have had their terms as Museum trustees extended by two and four years respectively, by the Prime ...

DNA from of over 9,500 plants sequenced to produce groundbreaking tree of life; 1.8 billion letters of genetic code used to build a ‘periodic table’ of plants; The tree can in ...

A new study has found that a laser technology can quickly and accurately tell the difference between ivory that came from ...

The researchers believe that the salmon’s enormous size meant it was a filter feeder. Many of the world’s largest living fish are also filter feeders, with animals like the whale shark using their ...

Some fungi have evolved to break down tough natural polymers, such as the cellulose found in plants. But while cellulose has ...

A lunch space for the indoor picnic area can be reserved when you book. These are for 30 minutes at a set time between 11.00 and 13.30. This is subject to availability. You can bring your own food or ...

The fossil jawbone of an ichthyosaur, which may belong to the largest marine reptile ever discovered, has been found in southwest England. This giant of the oceans is estimated to have reached around ...

Allestree park is on the edge of Derby and surrounded by houses, making it the largest urban rewilding project in the UK ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London ...

The lesser flamingo is in danger of losing its feeding and breeding grounds. If water levels continue to rise in east African lakes, populations of the iconic birds could fall significantly in the ...