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We're the @NHM_London Learning Team, here to help you discover the wonders of the natural world.

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🐻🐺🐻‍❄️📷 What does it really take to be a wildlife photographer—and could you survive alone on a 🏝️? This might be for you 👇 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mz0… #WildlifePhotography #NatureDocs #IntoTheWild

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Gordon Buchanan, cameraman and presenter

Gordon Buchanan, film-maker, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

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Where do you think humans rate in the league table of animal pairing up? 'faithfuls' 🙂 or 'traitors' 😈? Humans are about as faithful as meerkats but are well behind the California deermouse 🐁 and the African wild dog 🐕. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp…

Humans cuddle up to meerkats in the monogamy rankings

When it comes to monogamy, humans more closely resemble meerkats and beavers than our primate cousins.

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Hope in the ice 🧊 for a bear cub 🐻‍❄️. Researchers in northern Canada 🍁 have documented a rare case of polar bear adoption. #PolarBear #NatureHope smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…

This Mama Polar Bear Adopted a Young Cub—and You Can Track the Family as They Wander Around the...

The rare event marks the 13th known instance of adoption within this well-studied group of polar bears living in the western Hudson Bay area

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Looks like a gargoyle… but it’s actually a Hammer-headed Bat 🦇😮 The largest bat in continental Africa, its massive nose is a built-in sound amplifier 🔊 Huge air sacs let males blast incredibly loud calls to attract females 💥 Gargoyle looks. Powerful voice 🔨🦇👃 #Wildlife
Photograph of a gloved hand holding a bat. The bat is the size of an adult human's hand and it's facing the camera. The most prominent feature is the large nose. Text: https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/weirdest-animal-body-parts Image: Sarah H. Olson,Gerard Bounga,Alain Ondzie,Trent Bushmaker,Stephanie N. Seifert,Eeva Kuisma,Dylan W. Taylor,Vincent J. Munster, Chris Walzer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

ALT Photograph of a gloved hand holding a bat. The bat is the size of an adult human's hand and it's facing the camera. The most prominent feature is the large nose. Text: https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/weirdest-animal-body-parts Image: Sarah H. Olson,Gerard Bounga,Alain Ondzie,Trent Bushmaker,Stephanie N. Seifert,Eeva Kuisma,Dylan W. Taylor,Vincent J. Munster, Chris Walzer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Something is in the air… 👃✨ This season, dive nose-first into the world of smell — from ancient predators to animals with supercharged sniffers. First: how scientists reconstructed the sense of smell of a sabre-toothed cat🐅💥 Follow your nose. 👉 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025…
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Science to wildlife: photos bring the natural world to life #SciencePhotography The Royal Society’s photo competition & Wildlife Photographer of the Year both show powerful images to spark curiosity, wonder, and conservation 🌍📸 nhm.ac.uk/wpy royalsociety.org/journals/pu…

Home | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum

Explore the world's best nature photography. See galleries of images, find out more about the competition and about how to visit this year's exhibition.

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🧪 Curious what’s in soil? NHM KS2‑friendly resource helps young learners explore microbes, insects & more: with hands‑on activities! 🌱🪱🔬 Check it out: nhm.ac.uk/schools/teaching-r… #WorldSoilDay #SoilScience #STEMEducation #NatureLearning #KidsInScience #EnvironmentalEducation
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Soil: a living universe beneath our feet 🌍🪱 From microbes to insects, an entire hidden world keeping ecosystems thriving. Dive into the amazing life below the surface 👇 nhm.ac.uk/discover/life-in-s… #WorldSoilDay #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #HiddenWorlds #Ecosystems #NatureFacts
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#World_Soil_Day #DYK ? 👉95% of our food comes from soils.🍎🍌🥑🌽 👉33% of soils are degraded. 👉It can take up to 1,000 years to produce 2-3 cm of soil. 👉here are more living organisms in a tablespoon of soil than people on Earth. 🪱🦠🐜🪲 #SoilHealth youtube.com/watch?v=OiLITHMV…
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Watch out for the third supermoon 🦸‍♀️🌕of the year! What causes them? Mad about the moon? Read our Factfile.🗃️ Find out here: nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-a… & here: nhm.ac.uk/discover/factfile-…
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🌊✨ Good cetacean news alert! For the 1st time, scientists have spotted living ginkgo-toothed beaked whales on coastal Baja California! 🐳🐋 The elusive species has never been seen alive — a huge win for marine science and ocean lovers. 💙 #OceanLife iflscience.com/elusive-gingk…

Elusive Gingko-Toothed Beaked Whale Seen Alive For First Time Ever

And its sighting also solved a long-standing mystery.

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🦦🦅✨ We’ve actually saved species from extinction — & that’s something to celebrate. From sea otters to peregrine falcons — proof that conservation can work. 🐾🌿 #HopeForNature #Biodiversity #ConservationWins #WildlifeRecovery #SaveSpecies #OurPlanet nhm.ac.uk/discover/ten-anima…
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Cute alert! A baby otter pup🦦named Caterpillar🐛was reunited with its mum after Marine Mammal Center conservationists played its cries over a speaker -searching by boat for 2 hours🛥️ 💔➡️💞 #SeaOtter #Conservation #WildlifeRescue 🔗 See more: youtube.com/watch?v=kmmiFEPM…

WATCH | Sea otter pup reunited with mother in Morro Bay

A sea otter pup named Caterpillar was reunited with its mother in M...

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Where do animals go during the long, cold, dark winter? ❄️🐾 From hibernating bears to migrating birds, nature’s survival strategies are as fascinating as they are varied. 👉 Read more: nhm.ac.uk/discover/where-do-… #Winter #Animals #Conservation #WinterSurvival #WildlifeFacts
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Pikas don’t hibernate, they have to work fast—gathering enough plants during the short mountain growing season to survive winter ❄️🐾Their haystacks of drying vegetation are vulnerable to thieves! Watch them in action 🎥👇 youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ua2luJ… #Pika #Wildlife #NatureFacts

Pika: The Tiny Mountain Bandit | Natural Born Rebels | BBC Earth

Life in the mountains isn't easy. With just 10 snow-free weeks a ye...

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🚨 Alert: #fungi are under serious threat. Pollution, deforestation & habitat destruction are pushing 100's of species toward extinction, putting key ecosystem-builders at risk. 🍄🌍 Read more: NHM report 👇 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025… #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Ecosystems #Mycology
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With berries, seeds & nuts, #Fungi can be important nutrition for wildlife—especially in autumn as many prepare for the long winter ahead 🍂❄️ While few mammals eat fungi 🍄 directly, they’re a favourite feast for mini-beasts like slugs, ants & flies 🐌🐜🪰#NatureFacts #Ecology
A photograph of some fungi on and near some rotting wood. They have dark grey 'stalks' and lighter grey 'caps' and contrast with the green of the moss and leaves near them. Text: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/nature/trees-plants/facts-about-fungi Image: taken by a Learning Volunteer last year in France.

ALT A photograph of some fungi on and near some rotting wood. They have dark grey 'stalks' and lighter grey 'caps' and contrast with the green of the moss and leaves near them. Text: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/nature/trees-plants/facts-about-fungi Image: taken by a Learning Volunteer last year in France.

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Liked the polar bear pumpkin story? 🐻‍❄️🎃 Bring nature into winter decorating with animal-themed paper snowflakes! ❄️🦖 For anyone who loves science craft. ✂️🌍Yes, there’s a polar bear! ❄️ #WinterCrafts #PaperSnowflakes #PolarBear nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-ma…
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This rescued Ursus maritimus just solved our leftover-pumpkin problem… with enthusiasm. 😅🎃 Nothing like a Polar bear to make cleanup adorable. 🐻‍❄️🔥 #PolarBear #AnimalRescue #WildlifeWin #Conservation 📹🐻‍❄️👇 — ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/…

Northern Ont. polar bear chows down on a massive pumpkin

A northern Ontario polar habitat benefited from an award-winning pumpkin donated by Jeff Warner of Aidie Creek Gardens, who gave the habitat a 1,400-pound pumpkin.

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And just when we thought it couldn’t get any chillier… 🧊🧶 First a woolly rhino… now a woolly T. Rex?! 🦣➡️🦖 Because even apex predators need a winter wardrobe. 😂❄️ 🎥 youtube.com/shorts/LLaIdZMGU… #WoollyTRex #ScienceHumor #DinoFun #ScienceFun #PaleoHumor #TyrannosaurusRex

Putting a Christmas jumper on our T. rex #NHM #Dinosaur #Festive

It's that time of year again 🎄The T. rex is rocking its jolly jum...

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