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(Claw of Baryonyx walkeri) Baryonyx means 'heavy claw'. Unusually for a carnivorous dinosaur we know it ate fish as scientists have found fish scales and teeth with its fossil where its stomach would have been.

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Highlights

At a glance, the bits no visitor wants to miss.

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Gallery announcements

Worth a check before you visit. This is the place to look for news of new specimens on display, gallery closures, and maintenance.

Red Zone
Red Zone

Explore our ever-changing planet. Find out about the massive natural forces that shape it, the treasures we take from it, and what we can do to preserve it.

Green Zone
Green Zone

Investigate Earth’s ecology. Meet a dodo. Learn about the meteorites that shaped this planet. All this and more.

Blue Zone
Blue Zone

Experience the age of dinosaurs, meet the blue whale and discover amazing facts about life, the planet, our environment and evolution.

Orange Zone
Orange Zone

Explore the Wildlife Garden and see behind the scenes of the Darwin Centre.

Floor Plans
Floor Plans

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Cartoon image of footprints disappearing through closing door

The Museum's smallest members of staff are our flesh-eating beetles, Dermestes maculates, who strip carcasses to the bone.

Non-dinosaur reptiles
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