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Are two heads better than one? Why 2-headed sharks are more than curiosities |Natural History Museum
The Museum's Spirit Collection houses a number of peculiar specimens, including two-headed sharks. Ollie Crimmen, a Senior Fish Curator, explains why these are more than just unusual-looking animals. Have you found a two-headed shark...
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Painting a Thousand Pictures - The Power of Data Visualisation | Natural History Museum
Data is a powerful tool in helping us understand the climate and ecological crisis and inform our actions. The way that data is visualised however, through graphics, powerful imagery, interactive resources and more, can shape our...
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A farewell to Dippy the dinosaur | Natural History Museum
Dippy the Diplodocus visited eight UK venues as part of Dippy on Tour and was seen by over two million visitors. The much-loved dinosaur then returned to the Museum for a temporary installation and said hello to over one million...
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ASMR: Cleaning and patching a southern tamandua specimen | Natural History Museum
Join Senior Conservator Lu Allington-Jones for a little ASMR at the Museum. Put your headphones on, sit back and listen as Lu painstakingly cleans and repairs a taxidermy tamandua specimen from the collection. The conservation team takes...
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Reflections from Dippy on Tour: why we must protect our natural world | Natural History Museum
In 2017, Dippy, the Museum's famous and beloved Diplodocus cast, set out on a tour of the UK, visiting eight venues across the country. This simple yet impactful film-scape reveals what Dippy witnessed , including meadows, heathlands,...
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Hope the blue whale - with BSL Interpretation | Natural History Museum
Meet Museum scientist, Natalie Cooper, and learn how this historic specimen is giving us a unique insight into the lives of these ocean giants. Join us to discover the wonderful world of whales. The Museum's iconic blue whale skeleton,...
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The Natural History Museum's beetle collections | LGBTQ+ natural history tour | Extra Content
Go behind the scenes into one of the largest, oldest and most important beetle collections in the world with the Museum's Curator of Beetles. See some of the largest beetles in the world, specimens collected by Darwin himself, and other...
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Five new species of dinosaur discovered in 2021 | Natural History Museum
In 2021 Museum scientists have described 552 new species including 6 dinosaurs. Watch to find out more about 5 of these dinosaurs, including the oldest ankylosaur in the world, a theropod the size of a chicken, a new iguanodontian and...
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Highlights from our year 2020/21 | Natural History Museum
It has been an extraordinary year for the Museum. Despite a global pandemic that prevented visitors coming through the Museum doors for most of the year, we have made great strides towards our goals. We made thousand of fresh connections...
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Amphibian decline & why it matters: Katherine Waterston quizzes 3 experts | Natural History Museum
Time is running out for the mountain chicken frog. Hosted by actor Katherine Waterston, join Museum scientist Jeff Streicher, ZSL curator Ben Tapley and policy advisor Charise Johnson as they discuss why populations of this peculiarly...
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Happy 115th birthday Dippy! | Natural History Museum
Dippy our Diplodocus cast was unveiled to the public at the Museum 115 years ago today. He didn't always live in Hintze Hall though. Watch as museum staff, in 1979, carefully move him to his new home. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk...
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The making of TREE | Natural History Museum
Follow landscape artist Tania Kovats on her journey to complete this fantastic art installation project for the Natural History Museum. From idea to installed artwork, we reveal the intricate process of transforming a 200-year-old oak...
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World's heaviest spider title challenged | Natural History Museum
Boxing gloves were nowhere in sight for a world spider heavy-weight title challenge at the Museum in 2011. The contenders were the Hercules baboon spider, and the current Guinness World Records (GWR) holder for world's heaviest spider,...
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First Fleet: Aboriginal Australian artist Daniel Boyd's new installation | Natural History Museum
This year's artist-in-residence at the Natural History Museum, Daniel Boyd, discusses the First Fleet artworks created by the British artists on board the Endeavor and First Fleet and how his new installation on show at the Museum...
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First Fleet: Tracing the past with artist Daniel Boyd | Natural History Museum
During his residency at the Natural History Museum in London Australian artist Daniel Boyd became interested in the collection of human remains held in the Museum, some of which came from Australia. He explains how they have influenced...
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3D scans reveal deep-sea anglerfish's huge final meal | Natural History Museum
A rare hairy anglerfish that entered the Museum's collections 13 years ago had perplexed researchers with its massive stomach. However, the specimen was so rare they didn't want to cut it open to identify its last meal. Now, using...
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Our journey to become a greener Museum | Natural History Museum
We're becoming a greener Museum to help create a greener planet. Nature is in a state of emergency and it needs our help more than ever. We must act now, together. To create a world where both people and the planet thrive, we're asking...
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360° fossil-hunting adventure | Natural History Museum
Join a fossil hunt on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. Get tips on what fossils to look out for as you explore the beach alongside students on a fossil collecting walk organised by Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre. Find inspiration for your...
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Mysterious Triassic fossil reveals the origin of flying reptiles | Natural History Museum
A Scottish fossil is shedding light on what the ancestors of pterosaurs could have looked like. Living over 200 million years ago, Scleromochlus helps to show how ancient reptiles took their first steps towards flight. ----------------...
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How to make a polar bear snowflake | Natural History Museum
Follow our instructions to make a polar bear paper snowflake. On our website we have 10 free natural history inspired templates for you to download and print. We also have tips on making your own designs:...
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Are ghosts real? | Natural History Museum
Are ghosts real? From studying ancient DNA and our own it looks like they might really exist - although they may not be quite what you'd expect. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London Facebook:...
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The oldest human footprints in Europe | Natural History Museum
A series of footprints that were left by early humans around 900,000 years ago have been discovered by a team of scientists led by the British Museum, Natural History Museum and Queen Mary University of London. The footprints left in...
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Mary Anning and her surprising Dorset discoveries | Natural History Museum
Fossil hunter Mary Anning found more than just extinct animals on Dorset's coastline: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-a-coprolite.html Go on a natural history adventure with Dippy the Diplodocus...
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360° Weoley Castle urban nature search | Natural History Museum
Join a bioblitz search for plants and animals in the ruins of Weoley Castle in Birmingham, UK. You will discover how even small pockets of land in urban spaces are home to a wide range of wildlife. Find inspiration for your next natural...