6+ hour, 7+ min ago  (912+ words) Animals bite,grindandgrab with their teeth " but nothing used its mouth quite likeTanykaamnicola. Fossils discovered in Brazil show that an ancient group of animals survived for much longer than realised. When researchers digging on the edge of the Amazon rainforest…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (625+ words) New species of ancient crocodile named in honour of Welsh school teacher Weekdays: +44 (0)20 7942 5654 Evenings and weekends: +44 (0)7799 690 151 Email: [email protected] These contact details are for press and media only. For all other enquires, please phone 0207 942 5000 or email [email protected]. A new species of…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1776+ words) Dr Neil Adams, our Curator of Fossil Mammals, works with the remains of extinct mammals every day. Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum, a team of dedicated curators look after more than 80 million specimens and objects covering the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (573+ words) Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species Weekdays: +44 (0)20 7942 5654 Evenings and weekends: +44 (0)7799 690 151 Email: [email protected] These contact details are for press and media only. For all other enquires, please phone 0207 942 5000 or email [email protected]. Tiny and often overlooked bones…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1063+ words) In natural history museums around the world, more than 100 million specimens are preserved in all kinds of fluids " but it's often a mystery what they are. A new technique allows curators to reveal what's in the jars without opening them,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (414+ words) Nutcracker Man" ventured further and wider than first thought, new Ethiopian fossil discovery shows [21 January 2026, London UK] The discovery of a fossil in northern Ethiopia, attributed to the genus Paranthropus, has changed our understanding of this unusual branch of our…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1767+ words) Towards the end of the dinosaurs" reign on land, a group of fearsome marine reptiles called mosasaurs dominated the oceans. They"re named after Mosasaurus, the most famous member of the group. Discover more about Mosasaurus" size, where its fossils…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (983+ words) Fossils of ceratopsian dinosaurs, the group containing Triceratops and its relatives, are widespread across the northern hemisphere. However, they're curiously absent from Europe. New research reveals that these missing ceratopsians might have been under our noses the whole time, completely…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1472+ words) Scientists at the Natural History Museum, London have described and named 262 new species to science in 2025 " In 2025, Natural History Museum curators, researchers and scientific associates have described 262 new species and published over 700 research papers, while also breaking ground on a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1157+ words) An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of reptile, Paradoxophidion richardoweni, is offering new clues in the search for the origin of "advanced" snakes. In 1981, the backbones…...