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‘You travel five million years a metre’: inside the Natural History Museum’s mind-boggling new garden

It has giddying cliffs, three-billion-year-old rocks, a prehistoric forest – and a giant bronze dinosaur called Fern. Our writer hurtles back through millennia as the beloved museum’s five-year revamp comes to fruition

The Guardian - UK

Little and large show: Natural History Museum displays new dinosaurs

The new gardens will double as a living laboratory

Evening Standard

More intense, frequent tropical cyclones may devastate seabird colonies – study

Up to 90% ‘lost in the blink of an eye’, say scientists studying Cyclone Ilsa’s effect on birds on Western Australian island

The Guardian - UK

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Plastic in birds’ stomachs may release toxic chemicals, study suggests

About 44% of seabird species are known to eat plastic and some are particularly badly affected, causing malnutrition and new diseases.

The Independent UK

Vampire finches and deadly tree snakes: how birds went worldwide – and their battles for survival

A new exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London includes ‘tragic’ tales of species wiped out from their natural habitats

The Guardian - UK

London Craft Week 2024: what to see and do from V&A's Craft Symposium to National Army Museum's sword-making

This week some of the city’s biggest galleries and museums are celebrating global craftmanship with 225,000 visitors expected

Evening Standard

‘We handed out raw fish to clubbers’: the mind-bending acid house tour of London

George Georgiou gave British rave culture its smiley face. Now he’s placing plaques where hardcore clubbers sweated till dawn. Our writer joins the designer – and DJs Danny Rampling and Nicky Holloway – on a face-melting trip

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Are we in a 6th mass extinction?

If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period.

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Scientists name Jurassic marine worm after shock rock icon Alice Cooper

Worm discovered in 190-million-year-old fossil is named Serpula alicecooperi by metalhead Danish scientists

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Scientists discover ancient egg dating back 1,700 years still has liquid inside

Experts say 1,700-year-old chicken egg could be the only one of its kind

Evening Standard

Who’s the smallest of them all? Meet the world’s amazing tiniest creatures

Often overlooked in favour of larger, more charismatic cousins, we asked scientists to tell us about the smallest-known species, from a nano-chameleon to a miniature frog

The Guardian - UK

Polar bear in a peaceful slumber wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice award

This year's competition received more than 50,000 entries demonstrating the connection between people and nature

Digital Camera World

Why was the name 'Brontosaurus' brought back from the dead?

The dinosaur Brontosaurus was canceled but then resurrected. What happened?

LiveScience

Dinosaur-themed coins unveiled by the Royal Mint

The Royal Mint has been working with the Natural History Museum to create the coins.

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Sample of 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu, which may contain the seeds of life, arrives in UK for analysis

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, has arrived at London's Natural History Museum for analysis. Scientists are optimistic that it could contain the seeds of life.

Digital Camera World

Courting hares and curious cubs among Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice shortlist

The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award opens voting to the public for the People's Choice award

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: More Israeli hostages and Palestinians freed as ceasefire extended

Hamas releases 11 hostages from Gaza in exchange for 33 Palestinians in Israeli jails as truce extended by two days. Plus, can we solve our addiction to consumerism?

Evening Standard

Scientists examine 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid sample which could reveal origins of life on Earth

Samples of the Bennu asteroid could shed light on the formation of our solar system

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UK scientists studying ‘teaspoon-sized’ sample from asteroid Bennu to understand origin of life

The unremarkable black dust-like sample from asteroid Bennu could help shed light on some of the biggest questions about how Earth formed

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s amazing’: scientists analyse 4.6bn-year-old dark dust from Bennu asteroid

Natural History Museum prepares to study pristine material gathered in Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission

The Independent UK

Mystery as half-eaten great white shark washes up on beach

Orcas are ‘picky eaters’ known to attack fellow apex predators to devour their livers, experts say

The Independent UK

GUAP Gala founders on creating London’s answer to the Met Gala

Exclusive: Ibrahim Kamara and Jide Adetunji on launching UK’s first Black-led fashion extravaganza, which attracts the great and good from the world of British creativity

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners show the beauty — and precarity — of nature

The winning photographs star different species from around the world, all highlighting the interplay between animals and humans. The two grand titles went to shots of a horseshoe crab and barn owls.

The Guardian - UK

‘No easy answer’: the endangered owls that can only be saved by killing other owls

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum depicts how northern spotted owls are being protected . . . by culling their near relatives

Evening Standard

In Pictures: First Wildlife Photographer of the Year images revealed

The competition is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum.

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