The Latest Breaking News from the Natural History Museum

The Scorpion King was real: Venomous creature as long as a full-grown German Shepherd once ruled the Earth before Dinosaurs

Ancient fossils reveal giant scorpions, Praearcturus gigas, exceeding a meter in length, dominated Britain over 400 million years ago. These predators were larger than modern dogs and ruled their environment long before dinosaurs. This discovery challenges previous understandings of when and how such large arthropods evolved. The findings offer a…

The Economic Times · Jun 5

This 415-million-year-old monster scorpion existed before trees, and it's the biggest ever

Scientists have identified Praearcturus gigas, a one-meter-long scorpion from the Early Devonian period, as the largest scorpion ever discovered. This prehistoric predator, living around 415 million years ago, challenges previous notions of giant arthropod evolution, possibly growing massive due to low competition and aquatic adaptations.

The Economic Times · Jun 4

The Guardian view on gallery and museum gardens: a blooming triumph

Editorial: The award-winning Tate design at the Chelsea flower show reveals how urban spaces can be transformed by bringing art and nature together

The Guardian - UK · May 22

New species named in honour of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday

The wasp, named ‘Attenboroughnculus tau’,is both a new species and genus

The Independent UK · May 7

Tiny parasitic wasp named after David Attenborough for his 100th birthday

Specimen from 1983 lay forgotten at Natural History Museum until recently, when spotted by a volunteer and identified as new genus

The Guardian - UK · May 7

Rare species face extinction risk from some deep-sea mining, scientists say

The process could have a devastating effect on species in deep sea habitats, experts said.

Evening Standard · May 5

Immersive David Attenborough show to be made free for his 100th birthday

‘Our Story With David Attenborough’ will be showcased at Outernet London in Tottenham Court Road

The Independent UK · Apr 29

Immersive David Attenborough exhibition to be turned into free London show

The natural history presenter will turn 100 on May 8.

Evening Standard · Apr 29

Palaeontologists identify a new coelacanth species from a 150-year-old fossil in London

The Natural History Museum in London has discovered a previously unknown species of coelacanth from fossil remains that date back about 150 years (Macropoma gombessae). The new coelacanth is important because it helps to fill in a huge evolutionary gap of about 50 million years for coelacanths, one of the…

The Times of India · Apr 23

What a piece of 15,0000-year-old jewellery found in a Devon cave tells us about this prehistoric ‘civilization’

Even when living hundreds of miles from the sea, Magdalenian people had a strong cultural connection to it

The Independent UK · Apr 7