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Sydney Parkinson and metal-plate engraving | Natural History Museum
Printmaker Katrina van Grouw talks about the work of illustrator Sydney Parkinson and shows how she uses metal-plate engraving to print and reproduce his work. The 18th and 19th centuries were a golden period for natural history...
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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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A modern response to the John Reeves collection | Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum invited a contemporary Chinese artist from Shanghai to be its first international artist in residence for the Images of Nature gallery. The focus of the residency was to research the John Reeves collection and,...
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Moths in the garden and how to help stop their decline | Natural History Museum
Martin Honey, Curator of butterflies and moths at the Natural History Museum, London, talks about the number of species of moths which can be found in the British isles and also what we can do to help stop the decline of moths.
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Age of the Dinosaur Trailer | Natural History Museum
Running from 22 April to 4 September 2011 at the Natural History Museum in London, the Age of the Dinosaur exhibition took visitors on a journey through the sights and sounds of a prehistoric world. The dinosaur exhibition was an...
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Baryonyx: the discovery of an amazing fish-eating dinosaur | Natural History Museum
The story of one of the most exciting dinosaur discoveries ever made in Britain began in 1983 when a huge claw bone was found by an amateur fossil hunter in a quarry around 30 miles south of London. In this video Angela Milner, one of...
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Big Nature Day 2011 highlights | Natural History Museum
See the highlights from our 2011 Big Nature Day. Hundreds of visitors, including many excited children and me, joined in the Big Nature Count, a bioblitz of the Museum's Wildlife Garden. Researchers and volunteers were out and about with...
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Big teeth for a tiny dinosaur | Natural History Museum
A tiny dinosaur with big canine teeth showed for the first time how one of the earliest dinosaurs grew into an adult. Dinosaur expert, Dr Richard Butler, led a team of scientists from London, Cambridge and Chicago who used CT scans and...
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The Forgotten Heroes of Scott's Last Expedition | Natural History Museum
During Scott's Last Expedition, Campbell and the 'Northern' party travelled to Cape Adare where they became trapped. With the Antarctic winter approaching they had to find a way to survive, so spent 6 months in an ice cave. With Meredith...
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The worst journey in the world | Natural History Museum
Join Douglas Russell, a curator in the Natural History Museum's Bird Group, as he tells the story of the remarkable journey undertaken by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Henry Bowers and Edward Wilson during the Terra Nova expedition. Find out...
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About Scott's Last Expedition | Natural History Museum
Max Jones, author of 'The Last Great Quest', polar historian Beau Riffenburgh and Meredith Hooper, author 'The Longest Winter', comment on the aims and historical background of the expedition. More information @
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Edward Wilson's ground-breaking watercolours | Natural History Museum
Polar explorer, scientist and naturalist, Dr Edward Wilson was one of the most prominent figures of early Antarctic exploration. He was also an accomplished painter and illustrator. In this video Dr David Wilson, polar historian and...
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Extreme survival of cyanobacteria | Natural History Museum
Watch this video to find out how the study of cyanobacteria in Antarctica can reveal how life is able to survive in the most extreme conditions on our planet. Natural History Museum botanist Anne Jungblut talks about her recent trip to...
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The Attenborough - Fortey talk What's in a name? | Natural History Museum
Join Sir David Attenborough and Richard Fortey
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Beyond GDP -- how can we measure progress? | Natural History Museum
Natural capital is the term used to put an economic value on nature's goods and services. A panel of leading experts chaired by Richard Black, the BBC's environment correspondent, discussed the issues at a live debate at the Natural...
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Scott's hut at Cape Evans | Natural History Museum
Sir David Attenborough, Natalie Cadenhead (curator at Canterbury Museum) and Beau Riffenburgh comment on what it's like to visit the hut today and how it was in Scott's time.
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First Fleet artworks: A snapshot of Australia's unique flora and fauna | Natural History Museum
View Australia's wildlife as recorded by the artists on the Endeavour and First Fleet voyages in the late 1700s. Museum experts Lisa Di Tommaso and Steve Cafferty talk about the scientific importance of the artworks, which show...
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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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Scott's Last Expedition exhibition | Natural History Museum
Scott's Last Expedition marks the centenary of Scott reaching the South Pole and his tragic death. Explore the captivating story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition to Antarctica in 1910-1913, the Terra Nova, in this...
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Studying rock cores in Antarctica | Natural History Museum
Dr Tim Naish, palaeoclimatologist and Director of the Antarctic Research Centre in New Zealand, analyses the Earth's past climate by studying its rocks. In this video Dr Naish explains the challenges scientists face when studying rocks...
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Studying ice cores in Antarctica | Natural History Museum
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey are drilling ice cores in the Antarctic and analysing them to find out what the Earth's temperature and carbon dioxide levels were like in the past. In this video, Ice Core Scientist Nerilie...
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The Pasque flower - an Easter rarity | Natural History Museum
The Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) is now a very rare plant in the UK and restricted to just a few chalk and limestone grasslands on a handful of nature reserves. Flowering in April it is a sign that Easter has arrived. Fred Rumsey,...
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Discovery of the ozone hole | Natural History Museum
Jonathan Shanklin, Meteorologist at the British Antarctic Survey, was one of the team that discovered the ozone hole in 1985. In this video, Jonathan reveals how this significant discovery was made and talks about the effectiveness of an...
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Spring Blooms in the Wildlife Garden | Natural History Museum
Spring has finally sprung in the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Garden. And now the garden has reopened to the public, Botanist Fred Rumsey shows us some of the lovely flowers and plants growing here at the moment.