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'Whopper' wasp genus named after Alfred Russel Wallace | Natural History Museum
On the centenary of his death, a new wasp genus discovered on the island of Borneo has been named Wallaceaphytis to honour Alfred Russel Wallace, the co-discoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
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Show a bit more love to the humble earthworm | Natural History Museum
Some people may think there is only one species of earthworm in the British Isles but in fact there are 27 different species. Emma Sherlock, Curator of Free-living Worms at the Museum explains why we need to show a bit more love to the...
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Cannibalism at Gough's Cave | Natural History Museum
Gough's Cave in Somerset provides fascinating insights into the culture of people living in Britain 14,700 years ago. In this film, Museum human origins experts Chris Stringer and Silvia Bello discuss the sophisticated and complex...
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Mistletoe (Viscus album) | Natural History Museum
Museum botanist Fred Rumsey brings us some cheer in our film about lush, green mistletoe.
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Pictures worth a thousand words - art, nature and imaging | Natural History Museum
The artworks of the early natural historians weren't just beautiful to look at, they were also the documentary evidence of the plants and animals they had observed. In our film, Museum experts discuss the importance that historical...
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Ice Rink at the Natural History Museum, London
The Museum's seasonal Ice Rink, is open from the end of autumn to the final day of the festive holidays. Watch our trailer for the 2014-2015 rink as people skate around the Christmas tree on the huge main rink or as they get up to speed...
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Stress, Neanderthals and us | Natural History Museum
Did Neanderthals cope better with stress than modern humans? Watch our animated film to find out. The stresses of daily life, from fending off hyenas to squeezing on the tube, may be more similar than you think for Britons today compared...
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Mammoths: Ice Age Giants - "It's not just the bones!" | Natural History Museum
See what our younger visitors enjoyed in our mammoth exhibition, open until 7 September 2014. From feeling fur to touching models to finding out what other animals lived at the time, there's a tonne (or ten!) to see at Mammoths: Ice Age...
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True oxlip and other ancient woodland flowers | Natural History Museum
Museum botanist Fred Rumsey visits Hayley Wood in Cambridgeshire to see thriving spring flowers, including the true oxlip (Primula elatior). In Britain, this rare dainty cousin of the primrose is almost only found in ancient woodland in...
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Mammoths: Ice Age Giants - the preview | Natural History Museum
Get a look with Adrian Lister at the Mammoths: Ice Age Giants exhibition. See the unveiling of Lyuba, the best preserved mammoth to have ever been found, and get a glimpse of the giant Columbian mammoth, short-faced bear and sabre-tooth...
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Clues to Britain’s own ancient Atlantis | Natural History Museum
A treasure trove of animal fossils found on a Norfolk beach by an amateur fossil collector could point scientists to the oldest undersea archaeological site in the world. Museum archaeologist Simon Parfitt discusses the finds with their...
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Coral reefs: lessons from the past | Natural History Museum
The decline of corals in the Caribbean has been well documented over the last couple of decades, but Dr Ken Johnson has a plan to extend the evidence further back using archives of some of the first underwater photographs. Find out more...
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Assembling the most complete Stegosaurus in the world | Natural History Museum
An extraordinary dinosaur specimen has joined the Museum’s collections - the most complete Stegosaurus skeleton ever found. Unearthed in Wyoming, USA, it is missing only the left arm, part of the tail and a few other small bones. Watch...
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Behind the scenes at the WPY Academy | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Watch what happened when this year’s young Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition winners visited the WPY Academy at the Natural History Museum in London; a prize for all awarded young photographers that features a full day of...
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Secrets of the Stegosaurus skeleton | Natural History Museum
Follow the arrival of the world's most complete Stegosaurus skeleton and its first few months behind the scenes at the Museum as it underwent rigorous scientific examination. The unprecedented specimen arrived at the Museum in late 2013,...
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Bruno D’Amicis on the power of photography | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Reigning Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 champion in the World in Our Hands category, Bruno D’Amicis explains why layered pictures are key, and why it’s time to emotionally disconnect with your image. Find out more about Wildlife...
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition - behind the images | Natural History Museum
It showcases the world's greatest images of nature and hundreds of thousands visit every year. See what makes the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition so special. Enter Wildlife Photographer of the Year and your image could be on...
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A night at the Museum - the WPY Awards | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
It's known as the 'Oscars' of the wildlife photography calendar, but what actually goes on behind the doors at the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards Ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London? We reveal all for the...
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Bence Máté tells us how to get inspired | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Birds category winner in the 50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, Bence Máté, explains his approach to photography projects and why the competition is so important to him. Find out more about Wildlife Photographer of the...
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Alexander Badyaev tells the story behind his image | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Alexander Badyaev reveals how he captured his category winning image in the 50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and offers advice on how to take compelling wildlife pictures. Find out more about Wildlife Photographer of...
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Pickle jars and precious specimens in the Spirit Collection | Natural History Museum
Watch a team of curators add a new specimen to the Museum's spirit collection. Moving the 3m-long shark was a challenge but it is now safely preserved alongside 20 million other specimens that are stored in alcohol; the fish collection...
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John Reeves in China with Judith Magee | Natural History Museum
Judith Magee, Museum curator of rare books, manuscripts and artwork, introduces John Reeves and his collection. John Reeves was a man with a passion for natural history who spent nearly 20 years in China working as a tea inspector. While...
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Thomas Bewick and wood-block printing | Natural History Museum
Wood-block printing using engraved boxwood revolutionised the illustration of natural history in the early 19th century. The work of Thomas Bewick showed how detailed and accurate images could be printed more cheaply than ever before....
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Illustrating and classifying - the importance of John Reeves' watercolours | Natural History Museum
Natural Museum fish curator, James Maclaine, examines the importance of Reeves' watercolours to the description and classification of fish. John Reeves' position in China enabled him to acquire many specimens unknown to Western...