A new study has revealed a network of touch-sensitive pits, known as a bill-tip organ, hidden inside the beaks of albatrosses ...

The oldest of the new species is Badjcinus timfaulkneri, which at an estimated 11 kilogrammes is also the largest. Not only ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum, London, presents two exhibitions of work created by teenage ...

Natural History Museum to fundraise £150 million to transform the museum at South Kensington in time for 150th anniversary in 2031. To celebrate NHM150, we are restoring four exi ...

Researchers have proposed that the common name the seabird the flesh-footed shearwater should be changed to sable shearwater in a bid to redress its racist origin. There’s been an ongoing debate among ...

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