Over the last 50 years, wildlife populations have experienced a staggering 73% decline. The latest findings from the World ...

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

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

Discover the incredible stories of life on our planet through powerful photography and expert insight.

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

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

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

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 ...

Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas (Germany) carefully rolls over a log in his local forest to see fruiting bodies of slime mould and a ...

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.