The Museum has around 2.5 million microscope slides in its collections, which are either vertically or horizontally stored. The Digital Collections Programme has developed a slide digitisation ...

California condors – known scientifically as Gymnogyps californianus – are imposing vultures. They’re the largest bird ...

A new study has revealed a network of touch-sensitive pits, known as a bill-tip organ, hidden inside the beaks of albatrosses ...

Wildlife Photographer of the Year has today revealed a new jury for the sixty-first competition. The international panel of experts will select the next Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners and ...

Find out the different ways scientists have of describing what species are, how they form and how many there are on Earth.

Almost all snakes that produce toxins are venomous rather than poisonous. To get into a victim’s bloodstream, venom enters ...

Please note that the Biodiversity Trends Explorer is no longer live. The BTE data was generated in 2021. Because we want to provide the latest and most accurate models available, we will be removing ...

Wasps have generally earned themselves a bad reputation. But despite their occasional aggression, these insects play an important role in the ecosystem. There are over 7,000 species of wasp living in ...

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