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Fossils discovered in northern Australia mark the beginning of a 25-million-year-old family.

Each year, 52 million tonnes of plastic waste enters the environment.

The power of machine learning could be used to protect threatened fishes.

Celebrate the wonder of the natural world with some of the most extraordinary images of our planet.

Fossils discovered in northern Australia mark the beginning of a 25-million-year-old family.

Ferganoceratodus edwardsi suggests that many ancient lungfish are more closely related than first thought.

Comptonatus chasei is the newest member of the Iguanodon family.

A new species of 237-million-year-old reptile has been uncovered in Brazil. 

The prime suspect in the extinction of the dinosaurs was no ordinary asteroid.

New research into the Sun's magnetism could make solar storms easier to predict.

A school science experiment is answering questions that are out of this world.

Welcome to the next era of natural history collections. 

Some seabirds might have a ‘sixth sense’ at the end of their beak, new research reveals.

Fossils discovered in northern Australia mark the beginning of a 25-million-year-old family.

Researchers have proposed changing the common name of the flesh-footed shearwater.

Each year, 52 million tonnes of plastic waste enters the environment.

Food security and biodiversity are threatened by the chemicals contaminating our soils.

The power of machine learning could be used to protect threatened fishes.

Celebrate the wonder of the natural world with some of the most extraordinary images of our planet.

Some of Earth’s most successful herbivores may have had hundreds of thousands of teeth in their lifetime.

More and more land will be shared between people and wildlife by 2070.

Humans are having a devastating effect on biodiversity, but the impacts might be worse than we thought.

Despite their fame, astonishingly little is known about these large, flightless birds.

Northern Scotland is among the quarter of Europe that could be suitable for rewilding.

The prime suspect in the extinction of the dinosaurs was no ordinary asteroid.

The jawbone of Ontocetus posti helps to reveal how the animals became specialised suction feeders.

The social skinks are helping scientists answer fundamental questions about evolution.

Tiny teeth are revealing the roots of the modern mammal lifestyle.

Ferganoceratodus edwardsi suggests that many ancient lungfish are more closely related than first thought.

Genetically removing the prickles from crops could have huge benefits for agriculture.

Plant infections can now be detected in our crops before they’re even visible.

We’ve been underestimating the importance of partially logged forests.

A three-dimensional preserved fossil larva has been found to contain traces of internal organs.

The North Sea’s oil and gas rigs impact more than the atmosphere.

A molar found in sand from south London could shed light on the last days of an ancient mammal.

Iron-rich enamel helps the world’s largest living lizard to keep its teeth sharp.

Scientists are studying microbial structures in extreme environments to learn more about early life.

Our latest attraction stands tall over the new gardens.

Ancient DNA has been reconstructed in three dimensions for the first time ever using a 52,000-year-old mammoth.

Comptonatus chasei is the newest member of the Iguanodon family.

The past year has been more than 1.5⁰C hotter than it was over than a century ago.

The rib bone suggests that the Denisovans may have been living in eastern Asia as recently as 32,000 years ago.

Some of the best three-dimensionally preserved fossil trilobites have been revealed from Morocco.

The iconic marine molluscs might be alive today had Earth not been struck by a meteorite.

Only 1,000 Bornean elephants are thought to be left in the wild.

Artificial hotspots might be able to help frogs fight off chytridiomycosis.

A new species of 237-million-year-old reptile has been uncovered in Brazil. 

Some leeches aren’t just passive parasites but might actively hunt for food.

Scientists are trying to unravel the mysteries of an extinction event that occured in North America at the end of the Jurassic.

One of the world’s largest migrations is made by some of its smallest inhabitants.

The newly described Myloplus sauron highlights how little we know about South America’s biodiversity.

Amalophyllon miraculum reveals that the region’s biodiversity may not have suffered as badly as first feared.

By sequencing airborne eDNA, a new project hopes to find out more about the UK’s wildlife.

While the researchers describing Buronius manfredschmidi claim it is a new species, not all scientists are convinced.

A vast colony of breeding seabirds experienced “unprecedented” mortality.

After more than a century of searching, the head of one of the largest ever birds has been found.

Musankwa sanyatiensis is just the fourth dinosaur species ever found from Zimbabwe.

Dandelions, buttercups and brambles might help to answer some of the biggest questions in botany.

Seal diversity is just a snapshot of the species that used to exist. 

An ancient worm may have dragged itself along the sea floor, consuming whatever prey it could find.

New research into the Sun's magnetism could make solar storms easier to predict.

Some of the UK’s most recognisable birds are vanishing before our eyes.

The first animal communities could have impacted on how complex life evolved over 550 million years ago.

A new project to kickstart conservation for some of the world’s rarest fishes is making a splash.

New research suggests that Europe hasn’t had as warm a summer since the time of the Romans.

Protections for the world’s oceans need strengthening, a new report suggests.

It is the first time a wild animal has been seen applying a medicinal plant to an injury.

Making our gardens earthworm friendly could help urban spaces become more resilient.

Every year thousands of elephants are still killed for their ivory.

Scientists now know more about how the three-metre-long Oncorhynchus rastrosus might have looked.

A fossil jawbone, which may belong to the largest marine reptile ever discovered, has been found in Somerset.

The largest urban rewilding project in the UK is happening on an old golf course.

The lesser flamingo is in danger of losing its feeding and breeding grounds.

For the first time in 100 years, Atlantic salmon are once again spawning in the upper waters of the River Derwent. 

Since 2020, millions of birds have been struck down by avian influenza, but Oceania remains virus free.

It proposes an entirely new group of birds that connects the smallest flying birds to the largest.

Taking part in the UK’s Big Butterfly Count has been found to reduce anxiety by almost 10%.

The melting of the polar ice caps is affecting how fast our planet spins.

An international team of scientists have spent the last few weeks finding out what is living 4,000 metres beneath the surface.

Kermitops gratus highlights the number of specimens waiting to be described in the world’s museums.

The spectacled cormorant went extinct almost 200 years ago – but almost nothing is known about its life.

This rare find gives scientists an insight into how trees shaped life on land 390 million years ago.

We now know more about the threats affecting birds than ever before.

A select group of toothed whales may have doubled their lifespan to become better grandparents.