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Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Telling the incredible stories of life on our planet through powerful photography and expert insight.

Open now until 29 June 2025

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Open 10.00-17.50 (last entry 17.30)

Ticket holders skip the queues. Exhibitions not included in free admission – must be booked separately.

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Discover our new gallery

Explore science-backed, hopeful solutions that will help us to create a more sustainable world.

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People’s Choice Winner

Buy a custom art print of the winning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

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Visions of Nature: A mixed reality experience

Our future is full of hope, we just need to see it to believe it.

Open now, tickets £9.95

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Discover: our online magazine about the natural world

Bringing you the latest stories and answering your big questions about nature.
Check out our news, features, videos and activities on everything from dinosaurs to the planetary emergency.

Biodiversity

What is taxonomy?

Find out what taxonomy means and why it’s important to classify life on Earth.

News

Fur colour of ancient mammal relatives revealed for the first time

Dark brown was in fashion for mammals and their relatives over 150 million years ago.

13 March 2025

Science news

Plastic pollution causing dementia-like signs in seabird chicks

Looking fit is no guarantee of health for one of the world’s most plastic polluted birds.

12 March 2025

Human evolution

Homo luzonensis: A small, ancient human species from the Philippines

The ancient human species Homo luzonensis is one of the most recent branches to be added to the human evolutionary tree.

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Say hello to Fern

Meet our newest dino-resident in our gardens, open daily. 

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Telling the incredible stories of life on our planet through powerful photography and expert insight.

Spend half-term at our Family Festival

This February half-term, enjoy our exciting activitites celebrating the natural world, from LEGO builds to shows with lifelike dinosaurs.

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