An amateur detectorist has described how he unearthed a bronze age hoard, including a rare sword, after getting lost during a treasure hunters’ rally. John…
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Vampire finches and deadly tree snakes: how birds went worldwide – and their battles for survival
Douglas Russell, a senior curator at London’s Natural History Museum, was examining a collection of nests gathered on the island of Guam when he made…
View More Vampire finches and deadly tree snakes: how birds went worldwide – and their battles for survivalMysterious Roman dodecahedron to go on display in Lincoln
They are known as one of archaeology’s great enigmas – hollow 12-sided objects from the Roman era with no known purpose or use. Only 33…
View More Mysterious Roman dodecahedron to go on display in LincolnGift memberships: the best UK gallery, museum, cinema and theatre deals this Christmas
If you are looking for Christmas gifts that are less about stuff and more about experiences, an arts organisation membership could be just the ticket.…
View More Gift memberships: the best UK gallery, museum, cinema and theatre deals this ChristmasResearchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius
When the blast from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached Herculaneum in AD79, it burned hundreds of ancient scrolls to a crisp in the library…
View More Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius‘This feels exactly the right place to be’: Sir Patrick Vallance on pandemics, eco-anxiety and leading the Natural History Museum
Sir Patrick Vallance is sitting in a back office at the Natural History Museum talking about his childhood love of dinosaurs. “I was obsessed,” says…
View More ‘This feels exactly the right place to be’: Sir Patrick Vallance on pandemics, eco-anxiety and leading the Natural History MuseumIsle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species
Fossilised remains from the Isle of Wight have been identified as a new dinosaur species that has been named after a palaeontologist at the London’s…
View More Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur speciesNew analysis of ancient human protein could unlock secrets of evolution
Tiny traces of protein lingering in the bones and teeth of ancient humans could soon transform scientists’ efforts to unravel the secrets of the evolution…
View More New analysis of ancient human protein could unlock secrets of evolutionNatural History Museum under fire for gagging clause with Danish oil sponsor
The Natural History Museum has been denounced for signing a contract with a gagging clause that prevented it from criticising a Danish oil company that…
View More Natural History Museum under fire for gagging clause with Danish oil sponsor‘The sheer scale is extraordinary’: meet the titanosaur that dwarfs Dippy the diplodocus
It will be one of the largest exhibits to grace a British museum. In spring, the Natural History Museum in London will display the skeleton…
View More ‘The sheer scale is extraordinary’: meet the titanosaur that dwarfs Dippy the diplodocus