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Stark warning from wildlife experts as insect population in serious decline

Flying ants typically gather in swarms from the end of July as mating season approaches.

The 85ft-long plaster cast of a diplodocus skeleton was first put on display in the London museum in 1905.

Our rarest mammal lives on its own, with no known relatives this side of the Channel. Did the greater mouse-eared bat stray here from France? And is it time we invited over some company?

As GCSE pupils are set to begin studying for Natural History exams, you can take our fun reader quiz on a range of topics from dinosaurs to kangaroos

They note that dormice play important roles in food chains and are good indicators of fauna and flora diversity in an ecosystem.

Nadhim Zahawi was joined by adventurer Bear Grylls at an event at the Natural History Museum on Thursday to launch the new subject.

The T-Rex and Triceratops ornaments are a collaboration with the Natural History Museum

From all accounts, Australia’s blue-grey mouse was a charming little creature. The famous British zoologist Oldfield Thomas of London’s Natural History Museum first described the species in 1910 and named it Pseudomys glaucus.