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News 11-year-old Sir Ranulph Fiennes fan completes epic 25-mile kayak journey in aid of Polar MuseumA schoolboy has completed an onerous 25-mile mission in his kayak, helping the Polar Museum to buy a set of photo negatives from Captain Scott's final journey along the way.16 October 2014 -
News 13,000-year-old hunter-gatherer bone in Georgian cave reveals "major new piece in human jigsaw", say scientistsZoologists have used a human right temporal bone from more than 13,000 years ago to pinpoint a new "fourth strand" of ancestry in pre and post-Ice Age Europeans.16 November 2015 -
News 1,500-year-old bone of giant auk found by archaeologists in early medieval ScotlandArchaeologists and leaders at the Scottish Seabird Centre say the upper arm bone of a flightless bird, last scene in Scotland in 1840, provides a warning about extinction.12 May 2014 -
News 16 amazing exhibits from the finest collection of Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian fossils ever assembled in BritainAs building starts on the £4.7 million Museum of Jurassic Marine Life in Dorset's Kimmeridge village, here are some of the eggs, skulls, rays and predators awaiting the public.06 August 2015 -
News 200 million-year-old fish fossils return to Scarborough after "extended vacation"Having spent 50 years in Doncaster, a set of ancient fish fossils are returning to Scarborough following a conservation project which has delighted curators in Yorkshire.12 August 2013 -
News 200-year-old token found on Dorset beach probably belonged to famous fossil-finder Mary Anning, say researchersMary Anning, the famous 19th century fossil collector who was revered across the world, probably owned a childhood token from more than 200 years ago found on a Lyme Regis beach by researchers.22 November 2015 -
Preview 21st century heads of Charles Darwin fill busts with ant colonies and DNA dataWhen a bust of Charles Darwin moved to the Grant Museum of Zoology's new home in 2011, it left an empty plinth. A head-sculpting competition will redress the balance.03 February 2014 -
News 50 million-year-old hungry caterpillar bites found by scientists in ManchesterScientists have used an electromagnetic radiation technique 10 billion times brighter than the sun on a leaf fossil left by an epoch on the west of the US.26 March 2014 -
News 520 million-year-old swivel-eyed predator carried earliest cardiovascular system, say expertsA fossil found in China, related to modern insects, spiders, lobsters and millipedes, has one of the earliest blood vessel systems in a living animal, say Natural History Museum scientists.08 April 2014 -
News 600-year-old alchemy tale revisited as Science Museum finds 23rd version of Ripley ScrollA 20-foot copy of a 15th century scroll telling tales of the earliest alchemists in Britain has been found by organisers preparing for a major new show at the Science Museum.22 March 2012 -
News 600-year-old blocks of ice which hold key to climate analysis displayed at Science MuseumA set of "awe-inspiring" ice cores drilled from Antarctica in 1989 arrive at the London venue's climate change gallery.13 December 2010 -
News "A dinosaur disco preserved in stone": Scientists find tracks of long-necked sauropod dinosaurs from 170 million years ago in Scottish lagoonsSauropods could have supported their "hopelessly heavy" weight by lounging in swamps on the Isle of Skye during the Middle Jurassic period, say scientists.02 December 2015 -
News A Dragon Robber with a missing foot: Brothers discover UK's oldest Jurassic dinosaur on Welsh beachA dinosaur known as the Welsh Dragon that was found on a beach near Penarth has been reunited with one of its missing feet and named in honour of the fossil hunters who unearthed it.21 January 2016 -
Event: Lecture, talk or reading County: Oxfordshire A Lab of One’s OwnDr Patricia Fara (University of Cambridge) discusses the pivotal roles of women scientists during the First World War, and how their efforts contributed to the war outcome and the Votes for Women movement.Museum of the History of Science | Oxford | 22 November 2018 -
News A magical glimpse into the Tudor imagination: Lost library of John Dee to be revealedAn unmissable glimpse into the Tudor imagination is promised by the Royal College of Physicians who will be showing books from the extraordinary lost library of polymath, mathematician and magician John Dee for the very first time in 2016.21 October 2015 -
News A marvellous menagerie as National Museum Wales opens new gallery The Wolf InsideChickens, pigs, goats and complete horse and cow skeletons feature in the Cardiff museum's new gallery, which also draws close comparisons between wolves and dogs.10 October 2012 -
Curator's Choice A mermaid model of a sprite: The Horniman Museum's 19th century monkey-fishBeloved of master showmen and made from fish, wood, wire and papier mâché, scientists are currently carrying out DNA tests on a mermaid model to determine if it came from Japan.03 May 2015 -
Event: Lecture, talk or reading County: Dundee A Walrus, A Polar Bear and A Humpback Whale: Nineteenth-century Dundee's Trade in Exotic AnimalsNineteenth-century Dundee’s economy relied heavily on the commodification of animals for products and services. As Dundee rose to a position of prominence in Arctic whaling, the City also emerged as a vibrant and...McManus Collections Unit | Dundee | 7 March 2019 -
News Aberdeen archaeologists rescue 700-year-old Yup'ik "melting village" in Quinhagak, AlaskaWorking with a tiny indigenous population on an Alaskan site three times the size of Scotland, experts from Aberdeen say their discoveries have wider implications for North America.10 January 2014 -
Review Above and Beyond at the National Maritime Museum: A place to let your inner kid run wildFrom the first photo taken of Earth from deep space to the latest technology and experiments, the National Maritime's Museum fun new exhibition is deceptively scientific, discovers Rachel Teskey.31 May 2016
