In 1937, a brown, eyeless beetle was found in a few caves in Slovenia. The new species was unexceptional apart from one feature. Its discoverer…
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‘Callous, reckless, unethical’: scientists in row over rare fossils flown into space
It was meant to be a grand gesture that would raise the profile of South African science – by allowing fossil bones found at the…
View More ‘Callous, reckless, unethical’: scientists in row over rare fossils flown into space‘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 diplodocusSchoolchildren in England to learn about biodiversity in new RHS project
Children will learn about biodiversity and nature in schools, and perhaps gain new green spaces in the playground, thanks to a new partnership between the…
View More Schoolchildren in England to learn about biodiversity in new RHS projectScientists find 30 potential new species at bottom of ocean
Scientists have found more than 30 potentially new species living at the bottom of the sea. Researchers from the UK’s Natural History Museum used a…
View More Scientists find 30 potential new species at bottom of oceanScientists discover Welsh ‘dragon’ dinosaur – the size of a chicken
A dinosaur distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex – but with a body the size of a chicken – that would probably have ruled the roost…
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