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Garden snails and aphids are venomous animals. This is the startling outcome of a new study that argues for a radical shift in how we think about venom. It proposes a wider definition that would also ...

Delve into stories about the Museum's collections, scientists and research. Uncover the history of life on Earth, from the smallest insects to the largest mammals.

First 1,000 schools in England take students outside to participate in global biodiversity research We use cookies to give you the best online experience. We use them to improve our website and ...

Take our quiz to find out what dinosaur you're most like - could it be the terrifying T. rex of the placid Plateosaurus?

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that ...

While animals existed before the Cambrian Explosion, in a period known as the Ediacaran, they’ve been hard to study as they rarely fossilise. Generally, the only reminders of these animals are trace ...

Titanosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs in the world The biggest dinosaurs of all were titanosaurs. They were one of the last surviving groups of sauropods when the asteroid that caused the non-avian ...

Remarkably, the genetic evidence seems to suggest that the two groups practicing different funerary behaviours were genetically distinct populations. All the sites from which evidence of cannibalism ...

My research focuses primarily on the palaeobiology of the ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaurs. I work on the systematics and taxonomy of all major ornithischian clades, and have current research ...

Get involved in the Museum’s community science projects and join us in answering important questions about climate change and the diversity of life.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year The sixty-first exhibition will open at the Museum in October 2025. Sign up to be among the first to find out when tickets go on sale in August.