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California condors – known scientifically as Gymnogyps californianus – are imposing vultures. They’re the largest bird ...

Find out the different ways scientists have of describing what species are, how they form and how many there are on Earth.

Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...

A new study has revealed a network of touch-sensitive pits, known as a bill-tip organ, hidden inside the beaks of albatrosses ...

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 ...

thick-shelled test; pore-pairs double throughout; episternal plates symmetrically placed behind sternal plate and followed by single rostral plate; subanal fasciole surrounding rostral plate.

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The UK Species Inventory is a database of all UK wildlife and it provides the taxonomic foundation for most biological recording and analysis systems. The Natural History Museum maintains this ...

Select a scene to explore the whale's story, from the ocean to the Museum's collections to the historic Hintze Hall.

Palaeocene (Danian-Thanetian) to Lower Eocene (Ranikot) of Pakistan.