Our @NHM_tring site opened to the public on this day in 1892. It was originally a private museum owned by Walter Rothschild who financed many expeditions. This is Rothschild's birdwing (Ornithoptera rothschildi), named after Rothschild by Charles Edgar Pratt.

It's #InternationalBatNight this weekend - here are a couple of bat skins from the collection. The label on the top one reads "Caught in a house after dark. This species appears to be fairly plentiful"

The Anopheles funestus mosquito is a vector for malaria. Erica McAlister has been involved in research sequenced historic specimens from our collection in addition to modern specimens to understand how the species is evolving.

Juliana Anicia Codex is an illustrated volume from 512 CE. The names of the plants are given in Greek, but the text has been further annotated with Arabic and Persian names which have been translated for the first time.

Our scientists have been publishing new insights on the scientists that came before them.Two new Darwin’s manuscripts have been published for the first time. Written at a formative time between the voyage and the full development of his evolutionary ideas

RT @savebutterflies: The bad news: #BigButterflyCount is over for another year 😞. The good news: You can still submit the results of any co….

🐘 Elephants are the only remaining species of the family Elephantidae, which belongs to the order of Proboscidea. This #WorldElephantDay find out more about this ancient order

Scientist Hugh Carter joined the ACTUATE voyage earlier this year to study the starfish, sea urchins and other echinoderms living in the Antarctic. Find out what this trip revealed about our seas in this @guardian article

RT @NHM_London: Our South Kensington Museum, including our gardens, will be closed on 3 October 2025 as we are hosting a charity gala. 🦖….

Soil-transmitted helminths are parasitic worms transmitted through contaminated soil. The cycle of transmission is particularly difficult to break. A new study in @TheLancet looks at whether community-wide mass drug administration can disrupt transmission

The research team discovered that the first ancestors of the staple root vegetable likely appeared some time around nine million years ago.

Where did the potato come from? 🥔.New research has found that potatoes are the result of an ancient hybridisation event.

The Community Science team held a BioBlitz to celebrate the first anniversary of our new gardens. 285 observations were recorded on iNaturalist and a further 81 records submitted to iRecord. Take part in future community science opportunities at

The oldest signs of a spider-like brain have been found in an ancient marine fossil.

RT @NHM_London: If you’ve been to Hintze Hall before, you might have seen this striking and colourful seaweed display. This arrangement isn….

Brilliant article pn Marine Biological Association 'Snapshots in time: the darwin tree of life project.' Museum scientist, Inez Januszczak describes coordinating a biodiversity sampling trip to Alderney.@darwintreelife

RT @darwintreelife: 🌟New sampling story in the latest issue of 'The Marine Biologist' magazine. Sharing exciting visuals, @NHM_Science sta….

The National Education Nature Park have reached a major milestone with over 1,000 schools signed up. Find out how the programme is gathering habitat and biodiversity data from sites to measure and evidence biodiversity gains in a free webinar on 23 July.

RT @savebutterflies: The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨. This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission….

@savebutterflies @inaturalist Research using butterfly records dating back to the 1900s investigated the impact of climate change on the size of British butterfly species. They found that male body size increased with temperature.