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The Story of 'Cheddar Man' If the words British history conjure up images of Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, Boudica, Mary Seacole, ...
The Natural History Museum in London revealed that the winning photograph of this year's wildlife contest depicted an "ambling ... "No Access," photographed by British photographer Ian ...
The British Museum (of Natural History), an impressive neo-gothic building, was opened to the public in 1881 in Kensington to house the BM’s natural history collections.
A fox stares out from a knee-height jar, limbs pressed to the glass, its fur a similar hue to the amber liquid it is engulfed in. This is one of nearly 1,000 specimens in the Natural History ...
One study, by biologist Natalie Cooper at the Natural History Museum in London and her collaborators, looked at more than 2 million specimens at 5 museums, and found that only 40% of the birds ...
In a 2012 episode of “Mad Men,” a girl visiting New York City’s American Museum of Natural History — filmed, in another twist on reality and representation, in L.A. — asks about the musk ...
The original mailing wrapper that contained the Hope Diamond was sent from New York to the National Museum of Natural History in 1958 for a total fee of $145.29. National Postal Museum ...