In 1788, the European colonisation of Australia began with the arrival of 11 ships from the UK. The landing began a rapid transformation of the country. Some species were wiped out entirely, while ...

Mostly written in Latin, the information held in Solander’s manuscripts have received less attention than the drawings from the voyage. Through their digitisation and transcription, the information ...

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.

But if one of these birds were to go extinct, then it wouldn’t necessarily cause the forest ecosystem to collapse, as the seeds of the fruit might be dispersed by another species. This helps to buffer ...

Published in Nature, the research compiled data for nearly 3,700 bird species from 1,200 sites across the world, revealing that habitat modification, such as urbanisation and agricultural expansion, ...

Two species of seal live in the UK all year round – the grey seal and the harbour seal. These earless seals are found around much of our coastline and sometimes venture into our rivers too. The grey ...

Listed below are some of our most popular galleries with schools. Some have related teaching resources you can download. You can browse the full list and download a map on our Explore the Museum page.

The century-long story of two blue whale vertebrae can now be told for the first time, revealing their part in helping to ban ...

This gallery activity guide can be used to enhance the themes and specimens found in the Fossil Marine Reptiles Gallery. A convenient booklet for use on-gallery. Useful to cut out for workbooks. Dr ...

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach -40°C or lower in the interior, with the lowest ever temperature on Earth ...

Scientists working on the Arctic archipelago’s largest island, Spitsbergen, uncovered a 249-million-year-old bonebed on the ...

A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.