Dr Gabriella | Scientist & Wildlife Presenter

How can a tree turn to stone… and still look like a tree? 🌳 The answer is petrification. When fossilised…

Dinosaurs were around for so long that there were fossils of dinosaurs while other dinosaurs were still…

Why do humans kiss? Do any other animals kiss? And what does kissing have to do with human evolution?… It…

What actually makes two animals different species? And what happens when the animals you’re studying have…

Have you ever noticed that there’s an invisible divide running straight through Hintze Hall at the Natural…

I didn’t expect it to be so hard to explain how painful it is when a pet dies. 🐇 I’ve had a few pets…

New Natural History Museum Gallery Just Dropped!! The Natural History Museum has just reopened Nature and…

What can you learn about a natural history museum before you’ve even looked at a single specimen? 🦴 I used…

Why are there piles of rabbit poo everywhere? 🐇💩 Out on a run today, I saw what seemed like a ridiculous…

🐦🇬🇧 Britain’s unsung heroes deserve to be remembered. Often dismissed as “just pigeons”, these remarkable…

Sleepmaxxing: the latest wellness trend... or a recipe for worse sleep? Everyone seems to be trying to…

Have you ever wondered why grey squirrels seem to be everywhere in the UK? 🐿️ Squirrels might feel like a…

How we display the natural world has changed a lot through the years! Early natural history museums often…

Seeing elephants in their natural habitat was the biggest dream. They look so at home, in the forests of…

Meet the trilobite- one of the most successful animals to ever exist, living all over Earth’s oceans for…

How do we store specimens at the natural history Museum? At the natural history Museum in London they’re in…

The temperature can literally affect the sex of babies! Unlike mammals, turtles and some other reptiles…

🐠How do fish keep cool? In this Nerdy Nugget, Dr Gabriella explains how fish regulate their body…

Who were the original Brits? Britain has not always been an island, it was inhabited sporadically over…

What is a fossil? #fossil #fossils #palaeontology #dorset

Will chimps ever evolve into humans? This is actually a really common question and the simple answer is no.…

If the Sun somehow became a black hole, Earth wouldn’t get sucked in. Which sounds reassuring right up until…

What is this thing that washes up all over beaches?? This is a cuttle bone. It looks like a bone, but it…

I’ve never been a ‘kind of’ kinda girl. I’m an ALL IN kind of girl. And I’m all in for wildlife. whether you…