9064 - Raphus cucullatus, Dodo - Model based on modern interpretations of the dodo's anatomy, presenting a much thinner body shap...

9062 - Ogi meteorite - People across the Saga region in 1741 reported hearing a deafening thunder-like sound as this meteorite hu...

9060 - Pterodactyl (Pterodactylus) - Roundel E of the east wing of the south front filled with a design of the Pterodactyl (Ptero...

9061 - Geological Map of Gloucestershire - Geological Map of Gloucestershire William Smith Lonodn 1821 Paper

7391 - Plant fossil - Edward Wilson, chief of scientific staff in Scott’s Antarctic team, spotted this intriguing rock on the ret...

7392 - Ancient Egyptian mummified cat - The Museum has over 250 animal mummies in its collections, all donated by the Egypt Explo...

7393 - Brittle star collected by Mary Anning - Many of Anning’s fossil finds, such as this ancient brittle star, were among the b...

7394 - Weevil - Weevils are a large group of beetles and one of the most diverse family groups on Earth. They include around 70,0...

7395 - Moa feathers - Since Owen first described the moa in 1839, scientists have found hundreds of thousands of their bones. Alt...

7396 - Dinosaur claw - Amateur fossil hunter William Walker found this enormous dinosaur claw in a quarry in southern England in ...

7397 - Young icthyosaur - Around 200 million years ago, this young ichthyosaur swam and hunted in the oceans covering Britain. Ma...

7398 - Morid cods from Challenger Expedition - The Challenger voyage, which ran from 1872 to 1876, was the first major expedition...

7399 - Diard's trogon - In southeast Asia, Alfred Russell Wallace noticed that the species on the Indonesian island of Lombok and...

7400 - Fossil bryozoans - How do volcanoes form? Lyell believed it was through a long, slow process and not by a sudden, catastro...

7401 - Alfred Waterhouse terracotta deisgn, pencil drawing - Architect Alfred Waterhouse designed the Natural History Museum’s bu...

7402 - Principles of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell, 1832 - Sir Charles Lyell used geological evidence to support bold new ideas in...

7403 - Stibnite - Longer, wider and more spectacular than any other examples, the stibnite crystals from the Ichiniokawa mine are...

7404 - Moa - Owen used his outstanding skill as an anatomist to identify this enormous extinct bird from New Zealand. By studying...

7405 - Koh-i-Noor diamond models - Sparkle took priority over size when it came to the Koh-I-Noor diamond. When it was unveiled a...

7406 - Fossil primate - Ancestors of lemurs first arrived on Madagascar from mainland Africa about 60 million years ago. Too far ...

7407 - Sapphire turban button - The clever cut of this impressive sapphire highlights its blue tone, which Sloane described as 't...

7408 - Twoleaf miterwort - George Clifford, a wealthy Dutch merchant, collected 3,000 pressed plants. The range of his botanical ...

7409 - Great auk model - Museums and collectors scrabbled to add great auks to their holdings in the 1800s as the species became ...

7410 - Little spotted kiwiw (white) - Normally brown in colour, the feathers of this kiwi are white. The bird had a condition tha...

7411 - A Journal from Japan: A Daily Record of Life as Seen by a Scientist - Marie Stopes published her Japanese experiences in t...

7412 - Hummingbird case - In 1851, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert held the Great Exhibition in London to promote the works of i...

7413 - Puriri plant collected by Sir Joseph Banks - Collected from Tolaga Bay in New Zealand, this plant came back to England on ...

7414 - Bust of William Smith - William Smith spent years travelling the length and breadth of Britain as a busy surveyor. His mos...

7415 - Budgerigar (captive bred) - Unlike Gould’s wild budgerigar, this specimen is the result of 200 years of selective breeding...

7416 - Neanderthal genome - How do modern humans differ from our closest ancient relatives, the Neanderthals? Scientists have rep...

7417 - Chrysoberyl variety Alexandrite - What is the scientific secret behind alexandrite's ability to change colour? It is to do...

7418 - Woolly Rhinoceros upper molar - Is this the tooth of a sea monster? Those who found it in 1668 thought so, but Owen though...

7419 - Fossil primate - Related to today’s baboons, this small skull is from an early primate. It lived in Europe and western Asi...

7420 - Iguanodon lower leg bone - Smith struggled for years to gain recognition among the scientific elite. His geological map so...

7421 - Piltdown jaw - Potassium dichromate was the secret ingredient behind this aspect of the Piltdown hoax. The forger used it ...

7422 - Alfred Waterhouse's terracotta designs - Architect Alfred Waterhouse designed the Natural History Museum's building in a R...

7423 - Hiba - The Linnaeus of Japan is the nickname given to the Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg, one of Linnaeus’ students....

7424 - Barbary lion skull from the Tower of London - Over 600 years ago, this majestic lion lived at the Tower of London, the roy...

7425 - Antarctic fossilised wood - Collected during Scott's second and ultimately tragic Terra Nova expedition, this piece of fos...

7426 - Early fish - How did the first creatures with backbones evolve to live on dry land? This rare fossilised fish - with just...

7427 - 'Cursed' amethyst - Some people wear gemstones for luck – but not this amethyst. Its owner, Edward Heron Allen, believed i...

7428 - Species Plantarum by Carl Linneaus - By 1753, Linnaeus felt confident enough in his naming system to create this monumenta...

7429 - Giant Trilobites - Trilobites thrived in the shallow oceans in prehistoric times, but this group of giants met rather a gr...

7430 - Southern cassowary - Walter Rothschild was fascinated by the southern cassowary, a large flightless bird found in Australi...

7431 - Terracotta lion - The parapet of the Natural History Museum proudly displayed this ornamental lion until the 1980s, when i...

7432 - Little spootted kiwi (white and brown) - Normally brown in colour, the feathers of the left kiwi are white. The bird had a...

7433 - sea beans - At the age of 27, Sloane set sail for Jamaica. His official role was doctor to the Governor, but he also spent...

7434 - Emperor penguin chick skin - One of the first three emperor penguin chicks ever studied, this chick was collected by Rober...

7435 - Jadarite - The mineral jadarite has the same chemical composition as kryptonite. Discovered in Serbia in 2006, jadarite is...

7436 - Giant Tortoise - Darwin much admired the giant tortoises he saw during his Beagle travels. Later, his influence helped pro...