The skeletal remains of this Roman-aged female individual were uncovered in the collections of Eastbourne Town Hall in 2012. Subsequent research suggested her origins were in sub-Saharan Africa; ...

Scientists have now re-examined the 2000-year-old skeleton and its DNA with new techniques. Dr William Marsh, one of our scientists who analysed the DNA, says that it’s now more likely that the Beachy ...

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

Over the last 12 months, scientists from London’s Natural History Museum have been busy collecting, studying and cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth. Museum scientists have given ...

The presence of pyrite was an unmistakable sign. Striking flint against pyrite nodules creates sparks, and which can be used to start fire. This pushes back the earliest known controlled use of fire ...

The impact of climate change has only been scientifically investigated in around 6% of the 816 zoonotic diseases that affect humans. · The findings highlight the risk posed by ...

Even in diseases where the climate risks have been studied, there’s a lot of variability. While higher temperatures have been linked with a higher risk of disease, that’s not always the case. For ...

Over a period of five years, researchers sampled the deep-sea floor of the CCZ three times before and one time two months ...

AMISTAD, a new collections-based research project led by London’s Natural History Museum, is working on untangling the identities of a group of blue butterflies from South America.

Hopefully, it’s a problem that butterfly researchers won’t have to face for too much longer. A new museum research project, known as AMISTAD, is combining ancient DNA, modern computing technology and ...