| Wildlife Photographer of the Year – final weeks |
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| © David Doubilet |
Don’t miss this year’s award-winning images of the natural world. It’s your last chance to see a turtle’s flight, the stealthy shadow of a fox, a playful walrus and many more moments captured on camera.
Closes 2 May
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| New viper species discovered |
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| © Evan Buechley, University of Utah |
A team of scientists led by Museum researchers have identified and named a new species of viper, Bitis harenna, that lives in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains National Park. |
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| See more butterflies than ever before |
Enjoy a perfect family day out at Sensational Butterflies. Watch these colourful creatures gently flutter over your head as you explore our butterfly house and, if you're lucky, you might see one emerge from a chrysalis.
Until 11 September |
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| Explore the beauty of our solar system |
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| Credit: ESA/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures. |
See the solar system in a new light at our space photography exhibition Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System by Michael Benson. Explore volcanoes the size of Britain, gas-giant planets and glaciers made of frozen nitrogen.
Until 15 May
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| Lates - Nature at its most extreme |
Discover how nature survives in some of the world's harshest environments and learn surprising stories about the biggest, strongest and fastest animals on Earth. Enjoy a drink, relax with friends and visit our special exhibitions after hours.
Free entry. Some activities and exhibitions are ticketed.
29 April, 18.00-22.00 |
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| Win a safari trip to Tanzania |
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| © Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti |
To celebrate Wildlife Photographer of the Year, we are offering you the chance to win a seven-night stay at the Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti in Tanzania, with flights provided by Abercrombie & Kent. Enter our free prize draw to get up close to lions, elephants and other wildlife.
Prize draw closes 2 May |
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| Lottie doll |
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Butterfly Protector Lottie is back again for the opening of Sensational Butterflies. She's recommended by the Museum's Senior Lepidoptera Curator, Dr Blanca Huertas, who says ‘Lottie the butterfly protector is a toy with a message, and will help to inspire a new generation of explorers’. |
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