Some of the most basic building blocks of the solar system are missing from one of its most dangerous asteroids.

A new species of sail-backed dinosaur has been named after a famous sailor.

One of the papers is the first major study of the chemistry of Bennu, published today in Nature Astronomy, revealing that the sample is chemically primitive and contains a mixture of materials with ...

Moon rock collected on the last Apollo mission is revealing more about one of the Moon’s most unusual structures, the Light ...

This overgrazing by deer and other herbivores has held back the recovery of woodlands, peatlands and heathlands across the ...

Energy efficiency is one of the simplest ways to save money and reduce emissions. Small tweaks at home can lead to big ...

Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...

Scientists are retracing the journeys of century-old Antarctic expeditions to discover how the Earth has changed.

Specialisms: Botanical collections, Island biogeography, Macaronesia, plant systematics, Acanthaceae, I am Principal Curator in Charge of the Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, managing the team ...

Titanosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs in the world The biggest dinosaurs of all were titanosaurs. They were one of the last surviving groups of sauropods when the asteroid that caused the non-avian ...

The UK Species Inventory is a database of all UK wildlife and it provides the taxonomic foundation for most biological recording and analysis systems. The Natural History Museum maintains this ...

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