Historically, steppe mammoths were thought to have evolved into the woolly mammoth in Eurasia around 700,000 years ago, and ...

This is because the new analysis of the craniums also puts the Denisovans as the most closely related extinct human species ...

A new sensor network using AWS technology will collect live data making the Museum gardens the most intensively studied urban nature site of its kind in the world Alongside thriving wildlife, the ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that woolly mammoths and Columbian mammoths repeatedly interbred in North America, reshaping our understanding of how these Ice Age giants evolved in response to ...

“ Zavacephale was a small animal, measuring less than one metre long, but is the most skeletally complete pachycephalosaur ...

A groundbreaking new study suggests that Homo sapiens could have begun to emerge over one million years ago - pushing back our species’ origins by some 400,000 years compared with genetic estimates.

It’s the first time insects preserved in amber have been found in South America, and makes the region one of just a handful ...

The domestication of wolves took place over a long period of time. Ancient bones roughly 15,000 years old of dogs that we’d recognise today have been discovered in various locations. Although the ...

This January, as Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary, the Natural History Museum, London brings an exclusive pop-up shop to fans.

The main carrier for the most widespread Plasmodium species across Africa is the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Because of this, the insect has been of intense interest to researchers to figure out a way ...

New research into the genetics of Anopheles funestus (An. funestus), one of the most neglected but prolific malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in Africa, has revealed how this species is evolving in ...