On the 28th of October, the crew of the fishing vessel O190 Renilde experienced a shocking moment. Around 19:30 they encountered nothing less than a Leatherback turtle in their nets along the coast of Middelkerke/Ostend!
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29/10/2020
Study of Ancient Dog DNA Traces Canine Diversity to the Ice Age
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Reinout VerbekeA global study of ancient dog DNA presents evidence that there were different types of dogs more than 11,000 years ago in the period immediately following the Ice Age.
22/10/2020
Unexpected Discovery of Two New Gecko Species in Thailand
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Siska Van ParysA team of researchers from Thailand and Belgium discovered two new gecko species, in two very unexpected places: next to a famous Buddhist temple in Cha-Am and in the middle of the city Ranong.
29/09/2020
RBINS joins the European Commission Global Coalition “United for #Biodiversity”
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Reinout VerbekeThe Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences becomes the 2nd official member and the 1st Natural History Museum worldwide to join the Global Coalition United for #Biodiversity
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21/09/2020
18 Million Year Old Sperm Whale With 'Needle-Shaped' Snout
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Reinout VerbekePaleontologists have excavated and described one of the oldest fossil sperm whales. The new species from Peru is approximately 18 million years old. Rhaphicetus valenciae was about 5 metres long and had an extremely long snout and slender, pointed teeth.
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