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Tentacles, pointy teeth and the T-rex of the sea: the Natural History Museum on beasts that once ruled the oceans
The Natural History Museum has launched a new exhibition, Jurassic Oceans, featuring prehistoric marine life. The display showcases fearsome creatures, such as a 23ft plesiosaur, while also warning about the current impact of warming waters on marine ecosystems.
Omura's whale carcass found in Singapore can help scientists unlock mysteries of little-known species
Omura's whale carcass found in Singapore can help scientists unlock mysteries of little-known species The Lee Kong Chiang Natural History Museum is seeking to raise S$1 million to conserve and display the skeleton of the whale. The whale found floating off Singapore's coast last September is helping scientists uncover new insights into one of the world's least understood baleen whale species. After months of preservation work involving defleshing, cleaning and degreasing, researchers at the...
Ancient altercations between musk turtles and alligator gar recorded in Florida's fossil record
Ancient altercations between musk turtles and alligator gar recorded in Florida's fossil record Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida river. The fossils they left behind, discovered by paleontologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History, reveal the identity of the combatants and the outcome of their encounter. In one corner, weighing in up to...
The mayor of the sports world
| New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a miniature replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on June 2, 2026. | Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images | As this newsletter arrives in your inbox, game three of the NBA Finals — the first in New York City in 27 years — is just a few hours away. Already, long-suffering Knicks fans are lining up outside of bars, rushing to secure spots to watch the basketball game on television because of...
Animals were sharpening their senses long before the Cambrian explosion, ancient tracks reveal
Animals were sharpening their senses long before the Cambrian explosion, ancient tracks reveal Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Tracks left by some of the earliest complex animals are giving new insights into how they experienced the world. New research reveals how these creatures started to understand their surroundings, paving the way for animal life to spread across the planet. Today, many of us take our five senses for granted.
World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils
World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Fossil fragments found in the U.K. have been identified as remains of the largest scorpions ever. Measuring more than a meter in length, Praearcturus gigas was among the first large predators to ever stalk the land. Hundreds of millions of years ago, England and Wales were home to the biggest scorpion in the world.
Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life
Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life Stephanie Baum Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Bryozoans are tiny, filter-feeding colonial invertebrates that thrive in the world's oceans today, yet for decades their origins presented a puzzling gap in the fossil record. While nearly every other major animal group made its first appearance during the Cambrian explosion roughly 530 million years ago, the bryozoan fossil...
World's largest scorpion had 6-inch pincers, and prowled UK land and waters 415 million years ago
World's largest scorpion had 6-inch pincers, and prowled UK land and waters 415 million years ago Enigmatic 415 million-year-old fossils belong to a giant scorpion that may have reached lengths of around 3 feet (1 meter), a remarkable body size because most life on land at that time was small. The world's largest known scorpion lived at a time when other land animals were relatively small, around 415 million years ago in what is now the U.K., a new study finds. The prehistoric creature,...
'Intense' Flying Ant Day on its way - when we can expect it
'Intense' Flying Ant Day on its way - when we can expect it Millions of winged ants are set to fill the skies in synchronised swarms Specialists are predicting Britain will soon see huge swarms of flying ants, thanks to an ideal mix of sporadic wet and warm conditions moving across the UK. Referred to as Flying Ant Day, the yearly mating flight, when millions of winged ants fill the air in coordinated swarms, could be among the most notable in recent years. Despite its title, the phenomenon...
Diagnostic dilemma: Man who donated his body after death had rare 'triple penis'
Diagnostic dilemma: Man who donated his body after death had rare 'triple penis' Supernumerary, or extra, penises are very uncommon. Medical students uncovered a particularly rare case while dissecting a cadaver. The individual: A 78-year-old man in the United Kingdom The discovery: The man donated his body after death.