We are using our broad range of expertise and cutting-edge techniques to answer new questions that will benefit both people and the planet.
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Research themes
Our ten research themes provide a focus for our work so we can find solutions to some of the biggest global challenges.
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Projects
Explore our broad portfolio of research, which is supported by our collections, our facilities and partners from across the globe.
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Collections, data and services
Find out how you can access our world-renowned collections as well as our data, library, labs and other science facilities.
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Postgraduate study
We offer a range of Masters courses and PhD research projects in partnership with other leading institutions and universities.
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News from our scientists
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Science news
Scientists propose changing bird’s problematic name
Researchers have proposed changing the common name of the flesh-footed shearwater.
5 September 2024 -
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Pollution revealed as the greatest threat to healthy soils
Food security and biodiversity are threatened by the chemicals contaminating our soils.
3 September 2024 -
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Plant-eating dinosaurs evolved backup teeth to eat tough food
Some of Earth’s most successful herbivores may have had hundreds of thousands of teeth in their lifetime.
27 August 2024 -
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Tropical beetles unknown to science at higher risk of extinction
Humans are having a devastating effect on biodiversity, but the impacts might be worse than we thought.
20 August 2024 -
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Dodos were fast, active birds that roamed their forested island home
Despite their fame, astonishingly little is known about these large, flightless birds.
16 August 2024 -
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Things just got weird: skinks provide a window onto how evolution works
The social skinks are helping scientists answer fundamental questions about evolution.
12 August 2024