The slender-billed curlew was a species of wading bird last officially seen three decades ago. Despite the occasional ...

One of the key features of the dinosaurs is that they walked upright. Rather than having their legs out to the side, like in ...

The largest proportion of risk was focused in the Indian Ocean, where around 22% of whale strike hotspots were found. This is ...

A breakthrough fossil discovery is changing what we know about some of the largest mammals to ever walk the Earth.

Bring nature to your doorstep by keeping wild birds fed with a homemade bird feeder. Follow our steps to build a seed feeder from a reused plastic bottle. Not only do bird feeders bring more local ...

A jar of krill specimens with visible eye spots. Blue whales eat huge volumes of these small crustaceans. Blue whales eat krill - tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that live throughout Earth's oceans. The ...

Rising temperatures are pushing many species to the brink, alongside disease, pollution and unsustainable fishing.

field guide to common fossils in Britain, covering nearly 90 fossil groups interactive map of Britain and geological map overlay illustrations and data for more than 1,200 fossils in the Museum ...

Within days it transpired that Giuliana had recorded an invasive species not seen in the UK for almost two decades and in the ...

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 ...

The fossil bird, which has been named Navaornis hestiae, lived approximately 80 million years ago in what is now Brazil, ...

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