Celebrate the spookiest night of the year among skeletons and specimens. Following last year’s sellout event, Halloween at the Museum will be back again and better than ever. We’ll have a live band ...

There are roughly 400,000 species of beetle known to science, from miniscule insects less than half a millimetre long to giants longer than a chihuahua. Beetles - a group of insects also known as ...

You’ll enter a small alcove with the title ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ in front of you. To the right is a small TV screen with no sound. The screen is showing behind-the-scenes footage of the ...

Reflecting the simple beauty or complex artistry of nature. Images can be in colour or black and white and although may not match the criteria of other categories, they must remain true to nature.

This guide aims to help in identifying most plants that grow frequently on pavements in the UK. Have you ever strolled down a street and noticed plants sprouting through the cracks in the pavement, ...

As the stinkbugs lay their eggs, the scientists saw the females using the tip of their back legs to scratch its fungus-filled hindleg organs. They then smeared the egg with the fungus, which grew to ...

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Evoking atmosphere and a sense of place – with the habitat as a major element of the picture – to convey how an animal is an integral part of its environment. Stefan Gerrits (Finland) finds a gap in ...

Shifts in Earth’s climate and ecosystems will have untold consequences for billions of people across the world.

Revealing active behaviour that adds to our understanding of the nature of a species. Quentin Martinez (France) discovers a gathering of lesser tree frogs in a breeding event. In persistent rain, ...

Qingrong Yang (China) shows a ladyfish snatching its prey from right under this little egret’s beak. Qingrong was at Yundang Lake near his home, a place he visits regularly to photograph the feeding ...

Images can range from animal portraiture, action or behaviour, as well as the wider habitats of wildlife, to artistic interpretations of the natural world. They will be judged on their quality, style ...