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Most visited UK museum in 2021 revealed

The Natural History Museum was the most visited UK museum in 2021. The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has revealed that the London museum had a 21% increase in attendance with 1,571,413 visitors last year, making it the most ...

18 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Sir Patrick Vallance to be next chairman of Natural History Museum

Government chief scientist Sir Patrick Vallance is to become the next chairman of the Natural History Museum, it has been announced. Sir Patrick said he has loved the museum since childhood, and it inspired him to pursue a career in science. ...

31 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Footprints of early dinosaur discovered on Welsh beach

Footprints discovered on a South Wales beach could have been made more than 200 million years ago by an early relative of a dinosaur, experts believe. Palaeontologists at the Natural History Museum believe the footprints – known as a ...

31 Dec 2021 at 10:25

First images for Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition revealed

Fish “flying” through cloud-like algae, a vanishing giraffe and a stag in snow in London are among the first images released from this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year. More than a dozen highly commended images have been ...

01 Sept 2022 at 09:26

Discovery of ‘ghost’ fossils reveals plankton resilience to past global warming

The discovery of fossils – or “ghosts” – of plankton that lived millions of years ago is shedding new light on how they reacted to global warming events in the past. An international team of scientists have discovered a new ...

19 May 2022 at 20:00

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Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite

Extra-terrestrial water has been found for the first time in a meteorite that has fallen in the UK. The Winchcombe meteorite, which crashed into a driveway in the Gloucestershire town last February, is also thought to hold ...

19 Sept 2022 at 22:33

DNA from remains found in medieval well ‘shines new light on Jewish history’

DNA from human remains found in a medieval well suggests they belonged to Ashkenazi Jews who fell victim to antisemitic violence during the 12th century. In 2004 archaeological excavations in central Norwich uncovered a ...

30 Aug 2022 at 17:00

Ban soil imports to save native plant and animal species, say conservationists

Wildlife conservationists are calling for a ban on importing foreign soil to the UK to stop non-native invasive species contributing to the decline of British nature. Insects, seeds and microorganisms can hitch a ride ...

15 May 2023 at 16:26

UK researchers working to uncover mysteries of the deep sea

UK researchers are working to uncover and document the mysteries of the deep sea. Scientists from the Natural History Museum (NHM) joined a six-week voyage to understand more about the fragile and rarely studied ...

29 May 2023 at 01:15

Attenborough unveils quote inspired by Cop24 speech at Natural History Museum

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Attenborough unveils quote inspired by his Cop speech at Natural History Museum

Sir David Attenborough has unveiled a message at the Natural History Museum which states: “The future of the natural world, on which we all depend, is in our hands”. The museum in South Kensington, London, said ...

30 Jun 2023 at 15:15

Nearly 200 unique species found in area attracting deep sea mining interests

Nearly 200 unique species have been recorded in an area attracting deep sea mining interests, the Natural History Museum has said. The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the central and eastern Pacific is an ...

25 May 2023 at 16:20

Satellite images show nature thriving at one of UK’s oldest rewilding sites

One of the UK’s flagship rewilding projects is turning into a “lush and thriving” habitat, satellite data has revealed, but also uncovered evidence of the impact of climate change on native flora. The ...

01 Apr 2022 at 16:55

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