Acclaimed wildlife cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin has brought nature into our homes through his work on a variety of television series. These include Let’s Go for a Walk, Animal Park and now the ...

Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for life underwater, protect coastal areas by reducing the power of waves hitting the coast, and provide a crucial source of income for millions of people.

Go behind the scenes with our knowledgeable science educators for a look at the fascinating zoology collection preserved in spirit. As we explore some of the Darwin Centre’s 27 kilometres of shelves, ...

Discover some of the fascinating fossils you can find around Britain, what they look like and where to look for them. Take a look at these different kinds of fossils. What do they tell you about how ...

A large spider, but with a very small greyish body and long thin legs. They prefer the warm and constant temperatures of our homes, garages and sheds, and are rarely found outdoors as they cannot ...

Colour: it is a method of finding a mate, a cue that danger is near, a vital clue in the search for food. Meet some of the brightest and boldest organisms created by evolution. The natural world is an ...

What most of us would recognise as a jellyfish - the otherworldly, gelatinous aquatic animals renowned for their sting-filled tentacles - is actually just the final stage of these animals' life cycle.

Trilobites withstood events that shaped our world for more than 250 million years, enduring continents shifting, ice ages, mass extinctions and the evolution of fierce predators. After suddenly ...

Jellyfish have survived for over 500 million years, making them more ancient than the dinosaurs. Today these otherworldly creatures can be found around the world, from coastal shallows to the ocean ...

This is a beginner's guide to the common groups of freshwater invertebrates found in Britain. It is designed to help you differentiate broad groups of common freshwater invertebrates, principally to ...

Many species of frog are known to be poisonous, such as the often colourful poison dart frogs. But although incredibly rare, there are species that are venomous too. There are currently only two ...

I help curate the amphibian and reptile collections of the Natural History Museum. These collections are used by an international community of scientists to conduct herpetological research. My own ...