Natural History Museum scientist Laura Molares Moncayo studies microbial life in the Arctic. © James Bradley Laura Molares Moncayo is one of our PhD students who was part of the research team that set ...

Developed by NHM researchers, the BII is widely recognised as the most scientifically robust measure of ecosystem health. The BII tracks how biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems is affected by human ...

This is because the new analysis of the craniums also puts the Denisovans as the most closely related extinct human species to our own lineage. Therefore, if the Denisovans split off over a million ...

It’s the first time insects preserved in amber have been found in South America, and makes the region one of just a handful where similar fossils from the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana ...

Historically, steppe mammoths were thought to have evolved into the woolly mammoth in Eurasia around 700,000 years ago, and the Columbian mammoth in central and southern North America around 300,000 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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