Ophiocordyceps are named because they infect the brain of their hosts to then manipulate the ant’s behaviour. Zombie-ant fungi have gained widespread recognition as the inspiration behind the ...

Nonetheless, there’s a slight ring of truth to the attacks on Amity Island. Jaws was partially inspired by a real-life series of shark attacks in New Jersey, USA, in 1916. Five people were attacked ...

Early pterosaurs loved temperate and humid habitats – and it might explain why their fossils are hard to find today.

The fossil fungi are from the same family as Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, also known as the zombie-ant fungus, which has gained widespread recognition as the inspiration behind the popular ...

Mineral with a chemical composition very similar to that of the Superman’s Kryptonite could help Europe transition to a ...

Scientists from the Natural History Museum have unravelled the geological mysteries behind jadarite, a rare lithium-bearing mineral with the potential to power Europe's green energy transition which, ...

Jerwood Gallery, South Kensington. Download a map. Get ready to immerse yourself in the epic tale of people and planet in this new 360° experience, presented by Sir David Attenborough. Watch as the ...

Visuals will be projected onto all four walls as well as onto the floor of the large room. These include high-contrast and moving patterns, but no flashing images in the 16–25Hz range. Throughout ...

Samual Stone (UK) watches as a jackdaw brings stones to its nest. Samual had been keeping an eye on a hole in the trunk of a half-fallen willow tree in London’s Bushy Park. He’d seen a pair of ...

The collection provides fascinating insights on a variety of social and scientific subjects such as glaciology, anthropology, astrobiology, socialism, land reform and spiritualism. It also reveals ...

Nettles are a familiar sight across Britain, growing in gardens, along canal paths and in hedgerows. These plants tend to have a bad reputation – who among us hasn’t suffered the tingling pain of a ...

Revealing the personality of an individual or an intimate group of animals in a thought-provoking or memorable way. Geoffrey Reynaud (Canada) records a grizzly bear hunting for salmon in the freezing ...