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Marine life in Antarctica | Natural History Museum
In this video Adrian Glover, a marine biologist at the Natural History Museum, reveals the diversity of life in the Antarctic deep sea and explains why it might be changing. Dr Glover shows us some of the high-tech equipment that is...
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How to identify a cockchafer May bug | Natural History Museum
It doesn't only fly in May and it isn't actually a bug, but the cockchafer can be seen at the moment and is pretty easy to spot, being the UK's largest chafer beetle. When seen for the first time, an adult cockchafer can cause a bit of a...
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First Fleet: Tracing the past with artist Daniel Boyd | Natural History Museum
During his residency at the Natural History Museum in London Australian artist Daniel Boyd became interested in the collection of human remains held in the Museum, some of which came from Australia. He explains how they have influenced...
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Two beetles, one spider | Natural History Museum
Each week, Stuart Hine, the resident insect expert at the Natural History Museum is faced with identifying the weird and wonderful bugs sent in by members of the public. Until he opens the boxes, he has no idea what he will be dealing...
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Identification of the world's smallest mini mammoth | Natural History Museum
Throughout evolution when big animals lived on islands they tended to become smaller. Fossil elephant researcher, Victoria Herridge explains how, by following in the footsteps of a pioneering fossil collector, Museum scientists have...
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Food security - how do we feed 9 billion people in 2050? | Natural History Museum
Watch the video of the 4th Earth Debate, hosted by the Museum on 11 April 2012. The debate focused on how we can feed the anticipated global population of 9 billion people in 2050 and the changes that the UN's Rio+20 Earth Summit in June...
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Penguin sex habits study rediscovered | Natural History Museum
A study on the sex lives of penguins, suppressed 100 years ago for being too explicit, has finally been published after its rediscovery at the Museum. The Sexual Habits of the Adélie Penguins by Dr George Levick, includes his...
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Big Nature Day Pond Discovery | Natural History Museum
Late spring and early summer is a busy time for all pond-life in the Natural History Museum's one-acre Wildlife Garden. Our visitors at the Big Nature Day bioblitz survey had lots of species to discover and explore from moorhen chicks...
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The bee orchid, Ophrys apifera | Natural History Museum
Join Museum botanist Fred Rumsey as he searches for flowers that go to extreme lengths to lure pollinating insects. He finds the bee orchid, Ophrys apifera, and its close relative the late spider orchid, Ophrys fuciflora. Find out how...
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Secret life of the beetles, featuring a macaw, owl and pheasant | Natural History Museum
Watch a time-lapse video showing the Museum's smallest workers, flesh-eating beetles, preparing the skeletons of a great green macaw, tawny owl and mountain peacock-pheasant for our collections. Chemical preparation of skeletons can...
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Giant centipede found in the UK | Natural History Museum
An example of the world's largest species of centipede, Scolopendra gigantea, was found crawling up a living room wall in Islington, London.
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Giant squid on display in Spirit Collection Tour | Natural History Museum
A giant squid - nicknamed Archie after its species name, Architeuthis dux - went on display at the Museum in 2006. Find out more: http://bit.ly/NHM-YT-Giant-squid You can still see it today on a Behind-the-Scenes Spirit Collection Tour:...
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Sara Russell on travelling to Antarctica | Natural History Museum
Interview with Sara Russell about travelling to Antarctica Discover more about Antarctica on our website and find out what is happening in Antarctica today in our blog: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/antarctica/index.html...
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Sharon Ament on travelling to Antarctica | Natural History Museum
Interview with Sharon Ament about travelling to Antarctica Discover more about Antarctica on our website and find out what is happening in Antarctica today in our blog: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/antarctica/index.html...
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Gretchen Benedix on Antarctica | Natural History Museum
Interview with Gretchen Benedix on travelling to Antarctica. Discover more about Antarctica on our website and find out what is happening in Antarctica today in our blog: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/antarctica/index.html...
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What to wear in Antarctica | Natural History Museum
What to wear in Antarctica. Discover more about Antarctica on our website and find out what is happening in Antarctica today in our blog: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/antarctica/index.html...
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Dr Tim Ferrero on travelling to Antarctica | Natural History Museum
Interview with Dr Tim Ferrero about travelling to Antarctica. Discover more about Antarctica on our website and find out what is happening in Antarctica today in our blog: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/antarctica/index.html...
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Adrian Glover on travelling to Antarctica | Natural History Museum
Interview with Adrian Glover about travelling to Antarctica Discover more about Antarctica on our website and find out what is happening in Antarctica today in our blog: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/antarctica/index.html...
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Cocoon behind the scenes | Natural History Museum
Take a peek as the public flock to visit the new Darwin Centre and experience Cocoon, scientists and Museum staff supervise the latest moving in of our precious insect and plant specimen collections. Find more information @...
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Wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan explores the exhibits | Natural History Museum
Wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan takes a night time exploration of the exhibits at the Natural History Museum
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Royal celebrations at the Darwin Centre opening | Natural History Museum
As well as the speeches, follow Prince William on the Cocoon tour, meeting Museum staff and scientists as he handles a tarantula, helps a mosquito expert and enjoys some of the fantastic Cocoon exhibits.
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Darwin's mockingbirds knock finches off perch | Natural History Museum
Join Randal Keynes, Charles Darwin's great-great-grandson as he talks about, it was the Mockingbirds from the Galapagos Islands, not finches, which gave Charles Darwin his ideas about evolution. Darwin's finches are the better-known...
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Prince William opens the spectacular new Darwin Centre | Natural History Museum
HRH Prince William of Wales announces the grand opening of the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
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False widow spiders | Natural History Museum
A 2007 film documenting the rise of the false widow spider in the UK featuring Stuart Hine. Find out more about false widow spiders: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2017/december/how-dangerous-are-false-widow-spiders.html