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Interested in the natural world?

Want to find out more?

There are loads of ways to find out about the natural world on our website.

Post-16 student examining carnivorous plants in Darwin's greenhouse at Down HouseWhy not look through our galleries of images. Overwhelmed by orchids? Blown away by bees? Eerily drawn to earthworms? We've got a range of galleries related to plants and animals that fascinated Charles Darwin.

Want to see some of these plants and animals moving? Or other videos about the natural world and Darwin? See our video page where all our videos (and a lot of other people's!) are ready to view.

Or would you like to play some games? Be warned, though, they're not that easy and you may learn a thing or two while you're having fun!

And here's some further reading for you - put these on your wish list!