Scientists are retracing the journeys of century-old Antarctic expeditions to discover how the Earth has changed.

A human species arrived on the island of Sulawesi in southeast Asia more than 800,000 years earlier than previously known.

Sea star wasting disease has devastated starfish populations in North America, driving some species to the brink of ...

“We’ve finally solved the mystery of where potatoes came from.” The paper describing the hybridisation event has been published in the journal Cell. Domestic potatoes are incredibly diverse, but it ...

The potato came from a chance natural interbreeding event between the ancestors of today’s tomatoes and those of a closely related group called Etuberosum. A groundbreaking international study has ...

A collection of footprints made by multiple species of dinosaur has been uncovered in Canada. These 76-million-year-old trackways could provide scientists with a rare glimpse into the social lives of ...

Since their transformation and reopening in July 2024, the Natural History Museum’s gardens have welcomed over five million visitors i n just 12 months, cementing their place as one of central ...

The oldest signs of a spider-like brain have been found in an ancient marine fossil. It shows that the key brain features of ...

Human remains from across north-western Europe indicate that cannibalism was a funerary practice. ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London ...

Yes, climate change is sexist. Explore the experiences of women living on the front line of climate change and how some of them are leading the way on climate action.