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- More than 100 species set to go extinct in Britain by 2080
- Salmon, eels and sturgeon heading towards extinction as migratory fish populations collapse
- Lynx and rodent photo wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year public vote
- Nature is under threat from rapidly rising pesticide use
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year reveals shortlisted photographs for highly anticipated Nuveen People’s Choice Award 2026
- New deep tech startup by Natural History Museum and Earlham Institute launches cutting-edge rapid DNA air sequencing technology, AirSeq™, transforming biological threat detection
- Scientists at the Natural History Museum, London have described and named 262 new species to science in 2025
- Study measuring the impacts of a deep-sea mining machine finds the abundance of animals at the site decreased by 37%
- Time to rethink nature conservation? Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline
- Ghostly shot of rare hyena in abandoned mining town wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
- Over a quarter of schools in England are transforming their sites for nature
- Road to COP30: Brazil shows how protecting nature can protect ourselves
- Natural History Museum’s Biodiversity Intactness Index Gains Ground Among Corporate and Investment Industry
- High tech gardens at the Natural History Museum switched on!
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year reveals first-look from a record-breaking number of entries submitted into its sixty-first competition
- Starfish-killing bacteria revealed as cause of biggest undersea disease outbreak
- First 1,000 schools in England take students outside to participate in global biodiversity research
- The State of the World’s Seaweeds: Our algal allies are under threat
- New UKRI-funded research project will develop climate-resilient seaweed in south-east Asia
- Plastic pollution causing dementia-like signs in seabird chicks
- Natural History Museum announces first new permanent gallery in a decade will open Spring 2025
- No Access: Badger’s graffiti glance wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
- Natural History Museum scientists have described and named 190 new species to science in 2024
- Natural History Museum analysis finds critical ecosystems are not being protected by current 30by30 conservation efforts
- Pollution revealed as the greatest threat to healthy soils
- Rewilding Scottish Highlands could help UK hit 30x30 conservation goal
- For the first time, global temperatures above limit for an entire year
- Rewild the soil: The largest urban rewilding project is going underground
- Climate change is causing days to get longer by slowing down the Earth
- Whales are being drowned out by the sound of shipping
- Ice Bed: Stunning image of a young polar bear drifting to sleep wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
- Natural History Museum scientists described 815 new species in 2023
- Study highlights impact of climate change on marine ecosystems
- Moth found in west London by local resident is a new species to science from Australia
- Microplastics are carried in clouds and could be affecting the weather
- One fifth of all species in Europe threatened with extinction
- UK seaweeds face an uncertain future in a warming ocean
- The golden horseshoe: Laurent Ballesta wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 for the second time
- All schools, nurseries and colleges in England are invited to join the National Education Nature Park – developing young people’s green skills and enhancing biodiversity across the country
- Europe’s bumblebees threatened with extinction as their habitats shrink
- See the world through a new lens with the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London
- Sir David Attenborough unveils powerful quote about the future of the natural world at the Natural History Museum
- New forests and restoration among proposals for England’s woodlands
- UK’s cuckoos unable to adjust migrations to keep up with climate change
- New study highlights extent of biodiversity in world’s largest mineral exploration region
- First young people take part in the Department for Education’s new National Education Nature Park scheme
- Bird flu outbreak spreads across West African migratory route
- Hanuman plover makes a comeback as a species after 86 years
- Plastic diet could be causing seabird chicks to shrink
- Beavers to be reintroduced in Ealing as London rewilding projects funded
- The Natural History Museum is asking for the public’s help with a major new community science project ‘Nature Overheard’ this Earth Day
- Over half of Britain's plant species are now non-native
- New disease caused solely by plastics discovered in seabirds
- 'Unusually high' number of turtle strandings in the UK and Ireland
- Lynx and wolf reintroductions to England could be put on hold
- The conservation success stories of 2022
- Natural History Museum scientists describe and name 351 new species in 2022
- The winners and runners-up of the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording 2022 were announced at the Natural History Museum, in London, on Wednesday 9 November 2022
- Natural History Museum to lead new Department for Education partnership in England and put climate change and biodiversity loss at the heart of education
- Feeding British red squirrels is changing their skulls
- Plastics causing multi-organ damage in seabirds
- Work begins on the Museum's landmark garden redevelopment
- Pandemic face masks could harm wildlife for years to come
- The biodiversity crisis is making birds more similar
- Amphibian microbiome could be key to fighting deadly fungal disease
- Underwater noise pollution is risking the lives of whales and dolphins
- COP15 explained: What is the biodiversity conference and why is it important?
- Saving British bumblebees needs a range of habitats
- More than a fifth of reptiles are threatened with extinction
- Climate change has caused Britain's butterflies to get bigger
- Artificial whale poo could help restore ocean biodiversity
- DNA floating in the air can be used to identify nearby animals
- The deadly effects of sewage pollution on nature
- Analysis warns global biodiversity is below 'safe limit' ahead of COP 15
- Brand new Natural History Museum schools programme to create thousands of young urban nature champions
- £3.2million for the Natural History Museum’s Urban Nature Project
- Urban Nature Project receives £3.2 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
- A pest prophecy: The Brown marmorated stink bug spotted in the UK
- Natural History Museum infographics demonstrate the impact of COVID-19 lockdown
- Scientists say we will face worse pandemics than COVID-19 unless we protect nature
- We are declaring a planetary emergency