What's New

Here's where you'll find the latest imagery, offers and updates from SPL.

New Images

Browse by subject area and see our new galleries:

Image of the Week

View the latest image or browse the archive.

Clip of the Week

Watch the latest clip or browse the archive.

Pick of the Science Pics 2011

See a selection of our favourite scientific images from 2011 featuring science & technology, healthcare, animals, environment, space, history and flowers images.

Pick of the Science Clips 2011

See our favourite scientific footage from 2011 featuring science & technology, healthcare, animals, space and environment video clips.

The Natural History Museum

Our newest contributor, the Natural History Museum, is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Darwin. See our new collection.

Mini Monsters iPad App

Mini Monsters is a photographic and educational exploration of the wonderful microscopic world of insects, bugs, spiders, beetles, worms and countless other creepy crawlies. You'll see the compound eye of the common housefly; check out the hairs on a leg of a tarantula; gasp at the stinger on a bee or shiver at the sight of a mosquito proboscis. Moreover, if you have a particular curiosity to settle, you can use the filtering options to zero in on your favourite or most shocking Mini Monster. Available from the iTunes App Store.