Research like this is important for showing that insect numbers are declining, but they aren’t designed to pinpoint why it’s ...

While the red listing of more mushrooms and their relatives has been welcomed, the results paint a worrying picture. Almost a ...

Researchers have revisited a remote site in the Pacific Ocean that was used as a test for deep-sea mining in the 1970s. They ...

The Tsiino Hiiwiida: unveiling multiple dimensions of plant and fungal biodiversity of the Upper Rio Negro project will accelerate the discovery of plants and fungi in one of the least explored ...

New observations have revealed early signs of UV light illuminating the cosmos more than 13 billion years ago.

I am Head of Earth Sciences Collections and Principal Curator of Meteorites at the Natural History Museum and I have been researching meteorites since the late 1990s. My experience and expertise in ...

A new study has revealed the long-term impacts and the first signs of biological recovery four decades after a test mining experiment that removed polymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean. The ...

The Natural History Museum’s new permanent gallery, Fixing Our Broken Planet, opens tomorrow, Thursday 3 April Visitors will explore the biggest challenges facing the planet and discover ...

Increasing ocean temperatures can cause corals to expel the nutrient-providing algae that they have a symbiotic relationship with. This means coral lose their colour, in what is known as a bleaching ...