The Museum has been working in close collaboration with the Government of Japan and the Ainu Association of Hokkaido to ...

There’s increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths ...

Explore the history of life on Earth, from 3.5-billion-year-old fossils to the vast diversity of species on our planet today.

What does it really take to study life in the deep ocean? Step aboard the RRS James Cook with our scientists as they explore ...

A brand-new version of the Natural History Museum’s first-ever immersive experience, Our Story with David Attenborough comes to Outernet from Friday May 8th, Sir David’s 100th ...

The 19-metre-long Nanaimoteuthis haggarti was a fearsome carnivore eating fish, crustaceans and many other sea creatures.

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

New research suggests that the seabirds washing up on Australian beaches in 2023/24 were only a tiny fraction of the overall ...

A new species of coelacanth has been identified from a 150-year-old fossil housed at London’s Natural History Museum. Former University of Portsmouth palaeontology student Jack L. Norton located the ...

Get behind the lens of some of the world’s best wildlife photographers with our new Wildlife Photographer of the Year Tour. Join us for a special tour of our Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...

Ocean acidification is mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean. This leads to a lowering of the water's pH, making the ocean more acidic. Carbon dioxide is ...

Whether you take photographs in the wilderness or at the heart of an urban environment, Wildlife Photographer of the Year is open to everyone. Discover more about this prestigious competition and find ...