The Natural History Museum (NHM) today announces the appointment of Jessica Bradford as its first Director of Collections. She will be key in leading the Museum's collections and acquisitions strategy ...

By assessing the fossil record and the dinosaur family tree, the researchers’ models suggest that the first dinosaurs evolved ...

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars’ barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...

A small number of species have modified their life cycle to omit the planktonic stage (inner cycle in diagram). These lecithotrophs produce a smaller number of much larger yolky eggs which are ...

The mounds lie north of a feature of Mars known as the Martian dichotomy, where the towering, ancient highlands of the ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction.

“Both eyes can peer out from underneath the notch, giving a greater view of their surroundings while still partially shielded ...

Grab the family and come to our new Dino Disco where you can don a set of headphones and dance the evening away. With tunes ...

The invasive harlequin ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis) form large clusters in autumn. Why do the insects gather around windows? And should you be concerned about the sexually transmitted disease (STD) ...

Enter Family-group and/or Genus-group and/or Species-group names, using partial match options if desired. The system will return any names matching all your criteria, along with the currently accepted ...

The UK Species Inventory is a database of all UK wildlife and it provides the taxonomic foundation for most biological recording and analysis systems. The Natural History Museum maintains this ...

Amblypygus dilatatus L. Agassiz, 1840; by subsequent designation of Duncan & Sladen, 1883, p. 15. Amblypygus can be differentiated from pygaulids by its poorly developed (undifferentiated) phyllodes, ...