Biologists from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences found in a spider species that 'macho males' have an extra set of genes that is lacking in feminized males.
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23/12/2021
Supergene turns spider into a ‘macho male’
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02/12/2021
Two primitive mammals that lived at the end of the dinosaur era
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Reinout VerbekePalaeontologists from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have described two primitive mammals from the Upper Cretaceous that lived about 70 million years ago. One was excavated in Inner Mongolia, the other in Romania.
23/11/2021
Marine mammals developed thicker bones as diving weights in super salty sea
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Reinout VerbekePalaeontologists have discovered that marine mammals developed thicker and heavier bones as an adaptation to a salty inland sea in Central Europe some 13 million years ago.
16/11/2021
360-million-year-old shark jaw discovered in Belgian Ardennes
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Reinout VerbekeA team of researchers, including palaeontologist Sébastien Olive (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences), has described a 360 million-year-old shark jaw found in the Belgian Ardennes. It is an exceptional find because cartilage almost never fossilizes.
15/11/2021
The management and operation of the new BELGICA is entrusted to the French shipping company Genavir
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Kelle MoreauThe new oceanographic research vessel Belgica will be operated by Genavir, specialised in the management of scientific vessels. The manager of the French oceanographic fleet will thus also become the first French shipping company to manage a ship under the Belgian flag.
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