Today, the Natural History Museum, London, announced the first new permanent gallery to open since 2016, Fixing Our Broken Planet, which will open 3 April 2025. The gallery and a new programme of ...

The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of modern birds were already in place 69 million years ago. Birds evolved from ...

‘No Access’, British photographer Ian Wood’s perfectly timed capture of an ambling Eurasian badger glancing up at some rather ...

It struck a chord with the public, who crowned the image of this black-and-white art connoisseur as the People’s Choice winner for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60.

Analysis of samples taken from the asteroid Bennu has revealed that it has some of the ingredients needed for life to develop. This supports the theory that similar asteroids may have helped deliver ...

The surface of the ocean is warming four times faster than it was 40 years ago, scientists have warned. As the Earth absorbs more heat and reflects less back into space, this increase is only set to ...

Over 15,000 mounds are scattered across Chryse Planitia in Mars’ lowlands – but until recently, no one knew how they got there. Scientists have dug into the history of these geological features ahead ...

Snails have a reputation for being slow, with poor eyes that can barely see the world around them. But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth’s surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of ...