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Give a wasp a name
Ever fancied naming a new species? Well, now is your chance. The Natural History Museum and The Times newspaper have launched a competition to name a new species of wasp to mark the opening of the Museum's new Darwin Centre. The wasp is 6cm long and it comes from Ecuador.
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Watch some of our scientists at work in the Museum and out in the field. The latest video looks at the significance of Ida, Darwinius masillae, the 47-million-year-old fossil primate found at Messel Pit in Germany. It is the most complete primate fossil ever found. Image © Franzen et al
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