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How do killer whales hunt? | Natural History Museum
First in a three part exclusive online look at content from the Natural History Museum's Whales: Beneath the surface exhibition. Find out how orca jaws from the Museum's collections are able to tell scientists what the predators hunted...
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In pursuit of a universal antivenom | Natural History Museum
An exclusive online look at content from the Natural History Museum's Venom: Killer and cure exhibition. Snake venoms have very complex chemical structures, so a universal cure for all bites has long been considered a scientific...
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The making of our Neanderthal and early Homo sapiens models | Natural History Museum
Watch Dutch artists, the Kennis brothers, as they produce lifelike models of a Neanderthal and an early Homo sapiens for the Museum in 2014. Come face-to-face with the models in the Museum's free Human Evolution gallery:...
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What's the coolest dinosaur? | #NHM_Live
Join four Museum dinosaur experts as they each try to convince you that their favourite dinosaur is the best there ever was. It's the ultimate dino face-off! What's your pick for coolest dinosaur: the biggest, the quickest, the smartest,...
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What are the dark spots on the Moon? | Natural History Museum
The lunar landscape is covered in dark and light patches - but what caused these spots to form on our Moon? Discover more about the Moon's formation and how the natural satellite became Earth's closest companion:...
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Who was Cheddar Man? | #NHM_Live
Hear from three of the scientists who studied Cheddar Man and who use DNA to learn about our ancient relatives. This show was recorded live on 18 April 2018. Prof Chris Stringer and Dr Selina Brace were in the studio to answer your...
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Explore a 360° panorama of Antarctica
Join Dr Adrian Glover as he journeys to the site of a collapsed Antarctic ice shelf. Experience the view from the ship deck and hear about the challenges the team faced. Read more about the expedition and see images of the scenery and...
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What lies beneath? | #NHM_Live
Come down to the depths of the Museum basement with us this month for an exclusive peek at the Tank Room and meet some of the 22 million specimens stored in alcohol, including a Greenland shark and Stanley the Sturgeon. Join us to...
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Secrets of the spitting cobra | Natural History Museum
Cobras can be a double threat. They can deliver their venom through a painful bite, but some can also spit it - although it's not entirely clear why this ability evolved. Discover the secrets of spitting cobras. Website:...
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Steve Ludwin: the man who injects himself with venom | Natural History Museum
Steve Ludwin explains why he injects himself with venom and what effect his fascination with snakes has had on his life. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London Facebook: http://fb.com/naturalhistorymuseum...
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Beetlemania: rediscovering one of Britain's lost species | Natural History Museum
The great capricorn beetle has been extinct in Britain for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. But two made an unexpected reappearance in the 1970s. Discover more about the lives of this longhorn species:...
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Raising Hope the blue whale 180° timelapse | Natural History Museum
This July, we’re taking a look back at what we were up to this time last year. We welcomed Hope the blue whale to the newly redeveloped Hintze Hall, where it took three and a half days to raise the 221 bones of the 25.2-metre-long...
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Deadly snake or marvellous mimic? | Natural History Museum
Caterpillars are pretty vulnerable. But some have perfected the art of mimicry, helping them fend off predators by pretending to be something else. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London Facebook:...
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Why are birds the only surviving dinosaurs? | Natural History Museum
The story of dinosaurs' disappearance is a famous one. Less familiar is the tale of the dinosaurs that were left behind. Watch the animation to find out what allowed birds to survive when all other dinosaurs died out in the Cretaceous...
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How nature is solving our engineering challenges | Natural History Museum
Discover how scientists are taking inspiration from the natural world to solve problems in robotics, medicine and aeronautical engineering. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London Facebook:...
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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...
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Where on Earth? | #NHM_Live
When Captain Cook set sail 250 years ago on the first expedition devoted to scientific discovery, large parts of the Earth were unexplored. Today, it's easy to assume there's little left to discover, but there is one environment where...
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Life in the Dark Trailer 2018
Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London Facebook: http://fb.com/naturalhistorymuseum Instagram: http://instagram.com/natural_history_museum The Natural History Museum in London is home to over 80 million...
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Life in the Dark - behind the scenes | Natural History Museum
B ioluminescent creatures emit light created inside their bodies so they can glitter, glow and signal to each other in complete darkness. As many of these animals live in the deepest parts of the ocean, deep-sea bioluminescence is a...
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How do rodents carry out 'whisk' assessments? | Natural History Museum
Dr Robyn Grant, a researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University, explains how dormice use their whiskers to help them navigate at night. Explore how animals thrive in the absence of light at the Museum's Life in the Dark exhibition:...
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Who's afraid of the dark? | #NHM_Live
David Urry will be joined by Museum ecologist Stephanie West, Physiology and Behaviour Expert, Dr Robyn Grant and Senior NHM Mammal Curator Louise Tomsett to talk about creatures that thrive at night. You'll also meet Tower Hamlets...
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The search for life on Mars | Natural History Museum
Scientists and engineers involved in the ExoMars 2020 program discuss the latest on the search for life on Mars. Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/NHM_London Facebook: http://fb.com/naturalhistorymuseum Instagram:...
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The snakes of South Kensington with Jeff Streicher | #NHM_Live
For the final episode of #NHM_Live in series 2 starred the snakes of our collections in South Kensington. Joining host Alison Shean was Jeff Streicher, Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles, who showed off some of the serpent specimens and...
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The Cannibals of Gough's Cave | Natural History Museum
A human bone engraved with zigzag marks reveals the people living in Gough's Cave in southwest England 14,700 years ago were practicing cannibalism as part of a ritual. Discover more about the cannibals of Gough's Cave...