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Worldwide collections database maps 1 billion objects
24/03/2023
A new database maps the total collections from 73 of the world’s largest natural history museums and herbaria in 28 countries, revealing a total collection of more than 1.1 billion objects.
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Monograph provides overview of fossil cartilaginous fishes in our collection
23/03/2023
Two experts have published a richly illustrated reference work of fossil chondrichthyans, cartilaginous fishes including sharks, in the collections of the Institute of Natural Sciences.
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Umweltauswirkungen von Offshore-Windparks: Vorbereitungen für den Ausbau in der belgischen Nordsee
22/03/2023
Wissenschaft
Neues Abkommen schützt Artenvielfalt auf hoher See
08/03/2023
From 20 February to 4 March, the very last BBNJ negotiations, aimed at adopting an international treaty for the protection of biodiversity on the high seas, took place in New York. The agreement was reached after 17 years of intense discussions and negotiations at the United Nations.
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Überlebende der Eiszeit
01/03/2023
An international team of researchers led by the University of Helsinki has revised the phylogeny of the Elapoidea, an important group of snakes. By doing so, they discovered a new family of snakes.
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Wissenschaftler entdecken eine neue Schlangenfamilie
13/02/2023
An international team of researchers led by the University of Helsinki has revised the phylogeny of the Elapoidea, an important group of snakes. By doing so, they discovered a new family of snakes.
Wissenschaft
Bright Festival : du 16 au 19 février
06/02/2023
Wissenschaft
Egyptian tomb with ten crocodile mummies discovered
18/01/2023
Spanish archaeologists made an unusual discovery in southern Egypt: a still undisturbed tomb containing ten mummified crocodiles. Archaeologists from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences had the opportunity to study the mummies.
Wissenschaft
Een wereldwijd kader om het verlies aan biodiversiteit een halt toe te roepen en natuurlijke ecosystemen te herstellen
21/12/2022
Wissenschaft
UNITED wins Blue Innovation Swell Award 2022
16/12/2022
On Thursday 15 December, the ceremonial presentation of the Blue Innovation Awards 2022 took place at the Port House in Antwerp. The Belgian Pilot of the UNITED project won the Blue Innovation Swell Award.