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Energy efficiency is one of the simplest ways to save money and reduce emissions. Small tweaks at home can lead to big savings over time. If you can make changes to your home, insulating is a great ...
By 2031, the Museum will have unveiled two stunning new galleries and transformed four existing ones – creating beautiful new spaces to share its treasures from the natural world with over a million ...
Sea star wasting disease has devastated starfish populations in North America, driving some species to the brink of ...
This overgrazing by deer and other herbivores has held back the recovery of woodlands, peatlands and heathlands across the ...
Scientists are retracing the journeys of century-old Antarctic expeditions to discover how the Earth has changed.
A human species arrived on the island of Sulawesi in southeast Asia more than 800,000 years earlier than previously known.
Join us on a fun-filled adventure especially designed for young explorers aged 4–7. This 45-minute, interactive guided tour brings our fascinating specimens to life with exciting stories and hands-on ...
“We’ve finally solved the mystery of where potatoes came from.” The paper describing the hybridisation event has been published in the journal Cell. Domestic potatoes are incredibly diverse, but it ...
From today, visitors to London’s Natural History Museum can get up close to the Xenomorph egg from FX’s highly anticipated upcoming series, Alien: Earth. Visitors and fans alike can bear witness to ...
The potato came from a chance natural interbreeding event between the ancestors of today’s tomatoes and those of a closely related group called Etuberosum.
Since their transformation and reopening in July 2024, the Natural History Museum’s gardens have welcomed over five million visitors i n just 12 months, cementing their place as one of central ...