We've reached the end of a three year project to install a blue whale skeleton in the Museum's central space. Watch a summary of the work involved and Museum scientists and conservators as they discuss what the blue whale skeleton means to them.
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Dive through one of the world’s most compelling evolutionary journeys and discover the story of the whale in the Whales: Beneath the Surface exhibition, open from 14 July 2017 to 28 Feb 2018.
Our annual tropical butterfly house is back. See hundreds of live butterflies and moths, spot caterpillars munching on leaves and learn about the surprising lives butterflies lead. Opens 31 March 2...
From intimate portraits to dramatic landscapes, see how photographers' passion for the natural world produces startling images. Opens 21 October: http://bit.ly/NHM-WPY52-YT
The Museum is undergoing a dramatic transformation. While we close some areas to install new exhibits, there is still lots to see. Find out more by visiting: http://bit.ly/NHM-YT-HintzeHall
Follow the arrival of the world's most complete Stegosaurus skeleton and its first few months behind the scenes at the Museum as it underwent rigorous scientific examination. The unprecedented spec...
The artworks of the early natural historians weren't just beautiful to look at, they were also the documentary evidence of the plants and animals they had observed. In our film, Museum experts disc...
Watch a team of curators add a new specimen to the Museum's spirit collection. Moving the 3m-long shark was a challenge but it is now safely preserved alongside 20 million other specimens that are ...
An extraordinary dinosaur specimen has joined the Museum’s collections - the most complete Stegosaurus skeleton ever found. Unearthed in Wyoming, USA, it is missing only the left arm, part of the t...
Tim Laman, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 Grand title winner, discusses his image Entwined lives, which shows a wild orang-utan in its natural habitat. http://bit.ly/YT-NHM-WPY52-Winners Th...
Do you have what it takes to catch a killer? Combining real science and crime fiction, suit up and join Museum forensic scientists to solve a murder mystery at our evening event just for adults. Cr...
Watch films about the new displays in Hintze Hall, from the deinstallation of the blue whale skeleton from the Mammal Hall to its installation within the Museum's central space http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hintzehall
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition provides a global showcase of the very best nature photography. Find out more at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy
Watch recordings of our #NHM_Live events featuring our conservators, curators and researchers and a selection of the specimens from our over 80 million strong collection that they care for and study.
On 13 July 2017 the Museum unveiled Hope the blue whale, a spectacular 25-metre-long specimen suspended from the ceiling of the Museum’s central space, Hintze Hall. Just after the BBC broadcast the...
Fly expert Duncan Sivell and forensic entomologist Martin Hall were with host Camilla Tham discussing the many ways in which flies (and their maggots!) are important. From helping the police to ide...
Out in our leafy grounds, Steph West of the Museum's Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity talked to host David Urry about the wildlife in your gardens, from millipedes to stag beetles, and pon...
Is it really an insult to be called a Neanderthal? Our human origins expert, Prof Chris Stringer talked to Alison Shean about Homo neanderthalensis and their relationship with modern humans while a...
Many of the dinosaurs that people know from popular culture are of the fossils that have been found in North America. However, they have been found on every continent and, in this first episode of ...
In this episode of #NHM_Live, Gavin Broad, Curator of Hymenoptera, talks to Alison Shean about the huge variety of wasps in nature and why they are so undeserving of their bad reputation. Learn abo...
In our final throw back to series 1 of #NHM_Live, David Urry speaks to Natasha Almeida from the Museum’s Meteorites Group about the multitude of rocks from space that we have in the collections.
The Museum's conservators were the stars of our second #NHM_Live broadcast in Feb 2017, where we took a look at how they repair and maintain the millions of specimens in the collections.
During our first ever #NHM_Live broadcast we explored the weird and wonderful world of squid, octopus and cuttlefish with Alastair Hendry and our Curator of Mollusca, Jon Ablett. * This broadcast f...
Discover the incredible diversity of the UK's wildlife and what to look for on your seasonal walks around the countryside. Find out more about the UK's wildlife on our website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/uk-biodiversity