The presence of other dinosaur footprints among the ceratopsians has led researchers to believe that these trackways could show the first evidence of mixed-species herding behaviour in dinosaurs. This ...

The crest of Mirasaura was made of 16 feather-like structures that together formed a fan longer than the animal’s torso. Out of the numerous fossils unearthed, the longest crest is 15 centimetres long ...

The oldest signs of a spider-like brain have been found in an ancient marine fossil. It shows that the key brain features of ...

This year we’re celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of our world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

“We’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or ‘planetesimals’, must form further back in time at earlier ...

Soft tissues are preserved along one side of the metre-long flipper where it’s believed to have been pressed into the sediments of the seafloor shortly after the animal’s death. This provided an ...

A BioBlitz is an exciting, hands-on event where scientists and the visitors of all ages team up to record as many different species as possible in a set time. A fast-paced wildlife survey, part ...

The Natural History Museum and Marine Conservation Society are once again calling on people across the UK to head to the coast and take part in the Big Seaweed Search - a nationwide citizen science ...

Are humans made of stardust? Stars that go supernova are responsible for creating many of the elements of the periodic table, including those that make up our bodies. Planetary scientist and stardust ...

Our Trainee Teacher Days give student teachers an on-site, hands-on understanding of what makes a school trip both educational and unforgettable.

Asian giant hornets are the largest social wasps in the world. Frequently referred to online and in the media as 'murder hornets', sightings of this species in North America, thousands of kilometres ...

It’s been more than 20 years since the last confirmed sighting of a wild baiji. These river dolphins are the first cetaceans – the mammal group that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises – to have ...