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

They may have been the ‘terrible lizards’, but even the most terrifying dinosaurs could have had a softer side when it came to putting in time and effort for their young. For millions of years, ...

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 ...

‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

Tumbleweeds are movie icons. We often see them rolling along in vast and desolate landscapes, acting as the supporting cast in scenes featuring Stetson-wearing cowboys. While tumbleweeds may be no ...

Famous fossil hunter Mary Anning found more than just extinct animals on Dorset’s coastline. Coprolites are the fossilised faeces of animals that lived millions of years ago. They’re trace fossils, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hintze Hall is our largest public gallery. A blue whale skeleton is suspended from the ceiling as a reminder of humanity’s responsibility to protect our planet. It’s surrounded by specimens that ...

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.

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, ...