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Get the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about these fascinating, slithering reptiles.

What are those milky white splatters – are they pee or poo?

Take a virtual tour of the Natural History Museum and explore the astonishing diversity of the natural world.

If you know what you’re looking at, little bits of bone can add up to something big. 

Discover a treasure trove of fossils just off Britain’s south coast.

All it takes is a bit of practice and plenty of patience.

Explore our collections and discover some of the many specimens you won't see on a regular visit to the Museum. 

Dinosaurs are the largest land animals to ever live. Titanosaurs were the biggest of them all. Explore how they were able to grow to such a size.

Catch up on season one of our interactive behind-the-scenes live stream.

Every culture in the world has at least one mythical character who, in some way, represents wisdom, knowledge or just plain common sense.

Pond dipping is a wonderful way to look at the creatures that live in and around pond water. 

A log pile can give home and shelter to some of the smaller inhabitants of your garden.

A garden pond is one of the best ways you can help Britain's wildlife. You can create one in even the tiniest of gardens.

Birds need access to water year-round. Help them out by building a simple garden bird bath. 

The mountain chicken is teetering on the brink of extinction, but we may now have a way to save them.

Turn your kitchen food scraps into fantastic fertiliser by making a wormery.

Find out what eDNA is and how it can be used for conservation. 

Growing native wildflowers helps provide the right food for pollinating insects, making life better for your local wildlife.

For a summer gardening project and a sustainable swap, luffa fruits can be grown to be used in place of synthetic sponges.

Meet the tiny, gelatinous animal that has found a way to live forever.

Give solitary bees a home by making this simple, DIY bee hotel.

Help your local wild birds to survive winter by putting out these nutritious fat balls. 

Discover the reality behind the ever-popular videos of screaming and fainting goats.

Follow our instructions to make animal and other natural history inspired paper snowflakes.

With 10 free templates for you to download and print.

How people power is saving plants from local extinction in North West England.

If you can't get out to the beach to find fossils, why not make your own ammonites instead?

Seals have specially shaped whiskers that enable them to hunt effectively even in poor visual conditions.

This simple DIY insect hotel is perfect for ladybirds looking for somewhere to hibernate in winter.

Have you ever noticed the small mounds of sand on a beach at low tide? These are lugworm poos, and they hold a secret.

Making Sun prints is a fun activity that can turn leaves and flowers into simple but distinctive artworks.

Have you ever wondered what wildlife wanders through your garden when you're not watching?

Meet the beetles that fire a boiling chemical brew at predators that get too close for comfort.

Put on a butterfly buffet and watch these intriguing insects feeding.

Create a colourful caterpillar and grow your own food all in one activity.

Frogs and toads are often spotted in UK gardens, but some are struggling. Find out how you can help.

Find out how to make a very easy folded paper jumping frog.

Keeping a nature journal is a great way to record any nature you see.

Putting up a nesting box could be a big help to your local birds. Our simple design is ideal for small songbirds and sparrows.

Making these reusable food wraps will help you reduce your single-use plastic waste.

Find out how to help urban nature and attract more wildlife to your garden.

Did you know that there are more species of fly in the UK than there are mammals on the planet? And they perform some pretty important jobs.

Here are three ways to reduce plastic waste during the festive season.

Follow our guide to make a simple volcano from a plastic bottle and watch it erupt.

Follow our instructions to make a simple hedgehog home. 

Even though dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, we know about them thanks to fossils. Watch our animation to find out how dinosaur fossils formed.

Want to explore the life lurking in seashore rock pools? Find out what you need and what you might see.

A usually inaccessible dinosaur will be available to researchers around the world.

Want to find out what small creatures are crawling around your garden? Follow our steps to set up a simple pitfall trap.

Discover the many interesting quirks of the elusive echidna.

Follow our simple instructions to prepare pressed flowers for craft projects or create your own plant herbarium.

The mystery of blue Moons lies in the ashes of volcanic eruptions.

Join us on a 360° loch-side walk in Knapdale to look for signs of beavers and learn more about these ecosystem engineers.

Water voles in Glasgow have left the riverbank behind in search of new homes.

Although most sharks give birth to live young, a few lay oddly shaped eggs that occasionally wash up on beaches.

Learn how to create a cartoon T. rex. Plus find out how palaeoartists draw dinosaurs.

Go behind the scenes at the Museum and discover the huge variety of beetles and parasites in the collection. 

T. rex forelimbs were tiny but surprisingly muscular - so how were they used? 

Follow our simple guide to building a bird feeder for your garden from a reused plastic bottle.

Natural selection is one of the core processes of evolution – but how does it work and will it ever end?

Discover how polar bears survive in the Arctic, even when temperatures fall far below -30°C.

This month on #NHM_Live we're putting animal dating strategies to the test.

Walruses have a feature that stands out in size - and it's one that humans completely lack.

Meet some faces that only an ichthyologist could love and catch up on the latest natural history news.

Cave divers are at the forefront of the search for life in the planet's deepest and darkest subterranean worlds.

Find out what can happen when fieldwork doesn't go exactly as planned, and how to do a simple DIY science project at home.

Why have so few dinosaur fossils been found in Ireland? It's all to do with the island's geological history.

What nocturnal insects will you find where you live?

Deep in the ocean a species of worm is living life on the edge, making its home inside an animal that could eat it.

Museum experts catch us up on some of the latest natural history news.

A curator unravels the mystery of the woodlouse's gargantuan deep-sea cousin. 

When resources run short, the sharp-beaked finches of Wolf Island turn into vampires to survive.

They have blue blood, three hearts and a doughnut-shaped brain. But these aren’t even the most unusual discoveries made about octopuses!

Find out how these arboreal rodents use their whiskers to navigate at night.

Join a bioblitz search for local wildlife in the ruins of Weoley Castle, Birmingham.

Would a pigeon in London sound the same as a pigeon in Birmingham?

Museum scientists are travelling the globe to understand how frogs see the world. 

To help us tell fact from science fiction, scientists and engineers involved in the ExoMars 2020 program discuss the latest on the search for life on Mars.

Did you know the word ‘dinosaur’ wasn’t coined until 1842?

Join Dr Adrian Glover as he journeys to the site of a collapsed Antarctic ice shelf. Experience the awe-inspiring view from the ship deck.

Explore some of nature's most extreme sensory adaptations with leading scientists from the Museum.

Watch for an exclusive peek behind the scenes at the Museum's Tank Room. 

This animal is Anhanguera, a flying reptile that lived with the dinosaurs. Have a look at how it might have flown.

Watch a virtual Stegosaurus walk around as Sir David Attenborough explains how this dinosaur would have moved.

Discover how some species effectively use their colourful wings to deter predators.

Steve Ludwin explains why he has been injecting himself with snake venom for decades. 

Watch our animation to find out.

Watch four of our dinosaur experts battle it out for the top spot.

Bees' pollinating prowess often overshadows many of the insects working just as hard as them. 

Have you ever seen a cobra spit venom in super slow motion?

Meet the beetles that were unexpectedly found in Cambridgeshire, despite having been extinct in Britain for thousands of years.

Go on a virtual fossil hunt along Charmouth Beach.

Before the Earth and Moon, there was a proto-Earth and Theia. Museum planetary science researcher Prof Sara Russell explains the origins of Earth's closest companion.

Meet some of the animals whose search for a mate may actually be physically painful.

From bioluminescent lures to infrared abilities, meet some of the animals that have found ways to master life in the dark. 

They may certainly look different, but mice and giraffes are more similar than you might think.

What is a hydrothermal vent and did life on Earth begin at these underwater locations?

Watch Dr Ronald Jenner explore the venomous puzzle that the platypus poses.

Fossil poo may not be a glamorous fossil find, but it can reveal a lot about prehistoric animals.

Discover the science and art involved in making our Neanderthal and early modern human models.

Were woolly mammoths a victim of hunting by humans or did their extinction have more to do with an apparent fondness for buttercups?

Meet the amphibians with an unusual defence tactic. 

What did humans in Britain look like 10,000 years ago?

Find out what it takes to care for an enormous, scientifically irreplaceable fish.

Dr Silvia Bello tells us about the gruesome yet fascinating behaviour of people living in a Somerset cave 14,700 years ago.

Dr Erica McAlister hints at why the beloved reindeer may have a bright red nose.

Lanternfish are one of many animals that light up the ocean with their glowing bodies.

Go behind the scenes to find out what it takes put on a major exhibition at the Museum. 

Do vampire bats really deserve their blood-sucking reputation?

Most social wasps aren't fussy when it comes to finding a spot to settle down.

Watch Andreia Salvador, Curator of Marine Mollusca, take a look at one of the Museum's most extraordinary and precious pearls.

Watch a fish curator get up close and personal with one of the deep sea's most unusual partnerships.

Find out how Museum scientists used a new technique to preserve this enormous blue marlin forever.

Climate change could bring an end to algae and seaweed.

Join Museum scientists as they reflect on becoming part of this specimen's giant story.

From touring spectacle to Museum star: hear the hidden history behind this ancient mammal skeleton.

Rare drone footage could prove vital for research into the meals of the largest animals on the planet.

Professor Juliet Brodie explains why seaweed forests are so important to coastlines all over the world.

Find out about dinosaur discoveries from around the world with Museum expert Prof Paul Barrett.

Why do whales sing? Scientists have only just begun to decipher the meaning of these underwater melodies.

Bone detectives at the Museum are uncovering the secrets of life and death in London over 5,000 years.

Go behind the scenes with Museum staff as they try to fit a taxidermy giraffe through some tight spaces.

Glimpse some of the beautiful coral specimens in our collection and explore why coral diversity is important.

Find out how we prepare the tropical butterfly house and keep the hundreds of butterflies soaring.

Dinosaurs have a new family tree. Find out how it has changed and what the new tree reveals about dinosaurs' origins and evolution.

Discover how crumpled newspapers have turned a blue whale skeleton into a historical treasure trove.

Moving a dinosaur is never easy. Watch as Museum conservators pack Dippy the Diplodocus into boxes, one bone at a time.

Lorraine Cornish, Head of Conservation, prepares to dismantle the Diplodocus skeleton.

The art of taxidermy has become fashionable again in recent years. But it has always been scientifically useful. Bird curator Hein van Grouw demonstrates how it's done.

Find out how scientists and a palaeoartist created a life-size model of Psittacosaurus featuring real colour patterns, and what this revealed about the dinosaur's life.

Dr Mark Spencer explains why it's important to find out.

The Museum's giant squid specimen so inspired one visiting artist that she felt compelled to draw it. Life size. 

Library curator Andrea Hart talks about this collection of the Museum's most highly prized natural history literature.

Otherworlds artist Michael Benson discusses his images of Saturn - 'one of the most extraordinary things ever seen in nature'.

Discover how a surface mottled with dark patches reveals the Moon's volcanic past.

Watch as our blue whale is moved into storage and the conservators start their work.

Learn how Iceland's volcanic terrain is shaping the way scientists explore the surface of Mars.

Learn how space exploration sheds light on the delicate beauty of life on Earth. 

Artist Michael Benson explores the 'alchemy' used to transform space agency data into colour images of our solar system.

Artist Michael Benson explores one of his favourite images: the moon Europa photographed above Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

Discover how a meteorite fragment in the Museum collection hid a secret about the origins of our solar system.

Many of us carry around two per cent Neanderthal DNA in our genes. Professor Chris Stringer discusses why and what it means.

Museum geologists investigate Iceland's volcanic landscape, and ask whether life could have formed under similar conditions on Mars.

Professor Chris Stringer discusses a fossil that helps explain why Neanderthals looked different to us.

The rediscovery of early twentieth century photographs in the Museum collections has led to an innovative artistic collaboration.

Go behind the scenes as the first bones are taken down from the blue whale skeleton.

Watch the scaffolding rising around the blue whale skeleton as the Museum gears up for the move.

Step behind the scenes of our butterflies and moths collection for tips on how to tell the two apart.

Follow the Catlin Seaview Survey team in American Samoa as they dive in search of Big Momma, the world's largest recorded coral.

Discover the flowers that go to extraordinary lengths to attract insect pollinators.

Find out how palaeoartist Robert Nicholls brought the Museum’s Stegosaurus specimen back to life.

Discover Dacentrurus - one of the first stegosaur fossils to be found - which hides in plain sight in the Museum.

Discover some of the huge benefits they provide humans and other life on Earth in our infographic video.

Coral reef research and conservation experts share their passion, hopes and fears for this underwater paradise.

When you live in a secret city of the sea, it’s important to keep your wits about you…

Curator Jon Ablett tells the tale of how an elusive monster from the deep came to be one of our popular attractions.

Caribbean reefs are among the most damaged in the world. Find out how young people in the Bahamas are taking action.

Witness one of nature's most elusive wonders - the synchronised mass spawning of corals.

Museum scientist and champion of earthworms Emma Sherlock shares her passion for these vital invertebrates.

Follow Museum scientists as they solve the decade-long mystery of a rare anglerfish’s bulging stomach.

Digitising our collection is leading to breakthroughs in our understanding of the natural world.

Join Museum scientists as they reveal a secret kept hidden for over 2,000 years.

Glimpse the extraordinary lives of corals.

Join Museum scientists as they survey the incredible diversity of invertebrates living in the rainforests of Borneo.

Meet some of the strange life forms that Museum scientists are uncovering in the peat swamps of southeast Asia.

Museum scientists travelled to the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, to collect fresh specimens to improve our collections.

Layers of rock off the coast of southern England reveal surprising clues about the past and future of today’s coral reefs.

One fifth of the world's plant species are threatened with extinction. Museum scientists and collaborators discuss this shocking statistic.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the scientific examination of one of the world’s most complete Stegosaurus specimens.

Watch a time-lapse video of our Stegosaurus skeleton exhibit being put together.

It has a hairy body, orange fan-like antennae and eats roots. Watch the video to find out more.

Fungi expert Mark Spencer reveals striking examples of fungi that flourish in towns and cities.

Witness the moment these delicate butterflies emerge from their chrysalises in a time-lapse video.

Follow our researchers’ quest to identify the parasite-carrying culprit.

A creative tool devised by Museum scientists will make it far easier, quicker and cheaper to compare fragile specimens.

How do you name and categorise all life on Earth? Curator Jon Ablett gives an insight into the crucial and never-ending work of taxonomists.

Follow the journey of a large shark specimen from a beach in Northumberland to being sealed in our spirit collection.

Our DNA offers us the chance to look into our ancient past. Discover what six celebrities learned when they had their DNA analysed.

Trace the 126-year journey of the blue whale from the sea to Museum.

Follow the progress of a team of scientists as they realise they have uncovered human footprints that are around 900,000 years old.

How do you feel when you see the colour red? Angry, amorous, energized? Why might that be?

Step behind the scenes of the Museum’s spirit collection with curators Oliver Crimmen and James Maclaine.

Find out how the Museum’s traditional artworks and images made using modern techniques help shape our understanding of the natural world.

Follow the complex life cycle of this life-threatening parasite.