New research shows that even if carbon dioxide removal can eventually reduce temperatures back to the crucial climate change ...

While the new fossils are not from fully grown Arthropleura, some of which reached 2.6 metres long, they reveal important ...

These audio files feature descriptions of the award-winning images from the sixtieth Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.

Canadian Marine Conservation Photojournalist, Shane Gross, was awarded Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 for his image ...

The scientists predict that in a high emissions future this will make whale sharks up to 15,000 times more likely to be ...

The Grand Title award for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60 has gone to Shane Gross for his captivating image of ribbons of tadpoles swimming through a pond. In The Swarm of Life, a drove of ...

Every species extinction is bad, but the impacts are worse when we consider the ecosystem functions that are also lost.

A beautiful new species of clearwing moth that is native to Guyana has been described after it was discovered 7,000 ...

The Sloane Herbarium contains volumes 1-7 of plant specimens collected on Sloane's voyage to Jamaica (1687-1689). During his voyage to Jamaica, Sir Hans Sloane collected the first plant specimens to ...

Welcome to the wonderful world of chalcidoid wasps! Described as "gem-like inhabitants of the woodlands by most never seen nor dreamt of", chalcidoids include some of the most beautiful insects on the ...

A jar of krill specimens with visible eye spots. Blue whales eat huge volumes of these small crustaceans. Blue whales eat krill - tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that live throughout Earth's oceans. The ...

Search the Museum's digital collections for botanical specimens.