Natural History Museum
Kate tells of joy in power of nature as she supports new museum gardens
The princess, who is only carrying out rare public duties, issued a message backing the Natural History Museum’s newly-opened major green space.
Natural History Museum opens new urban gardens complete with bronze dinosaur
Five acres wrapping around the building in South Kensington have been transformed into two gardens which tell the story of the changing natural world.
Plastic in birds’ stomachs may release toxic chemicals, study suggests
About 44% of seabird species are known to eat plastic and some are particularly badly affected, causing malnutrition and new diseases.
Funding for research tools that could halt future pandemics announced
The digitisation of Natural History Museum specimens is one of five projects unveiled by Science Secretary Michelle Donelan.
4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on Earth
In September Nasa’s Osiris-Rex safely brought samples from asteroid Bennu to Earth.
Just Stop Oil activists held after paint protest at Natural History Museum
Two medics were held on suspicion of criminal damage after orange paint was poured over a dinosaur skeleton.
Winning images in Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition revealed
Images of awe-inspiring creatures and habitats as well as the human impact on the natural world have made the final selection.
Nasa lands Bennu asteroid samples back on Earth
The capsule containing the sample was recovered by helicopter from the Utah desert.
Extreme cooling ’caused extinction of early humans in Europe 1.1m years ago’
The findings challenge the idea of continuous early human occupation of Europe, the researchers said.
39 million-year-old extinct whale ‘may be heaviest animal that ever lived’
Researchers analysed the remains of a partial skeleton that was uncovered 13 years ago in the Ica desert on the southern coast of Peru.