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Sea change: new blueprint for Southern Ocean survival
20/10/2023
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries published the first comprehensive assessment of trends in Southern Ocean ecosystems. They emphasize that climate change is the main driver of species and ecosystem change in the Southern Ocean and coastal Antarctica.
New name, new identity and new website: welcome to the Institute of Natural Sciences!
19/10/2023
What people mostly know about the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is the museum and its dinosaurs. But these are just the “tip of the iceberg”. The RBINS is much more than that.
VIDEO - How we made GIANTS
16/10/2023
The making of a 'gigantic' exhibition.
Knokke Leatherback Turtle died as a result of acute trauma
09/10/2023
Until a dead leatherback turtle was found on the beach in Knokke on 7 October 2023, we knew of only three strandings of this species in Belgium. The autopsy shows that an acute but unknown trauma caused the animal's sudden death.
Citizen scientists describe 31-million-year-old driftwood with attached sea life from Schelle
06/10/2023
Amateur palaeontologists have unearthed a large piece of driftwood that ended up in the sea some 31 million years ago and around which a lot of marine life fossilized. A rare find.
Carcass of Fin whale in port of Antwerp
09/09/2023
A dead fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) was found in the port of Antwerp.
Invasive alien species: how to tackle one of the five main causes of the biodiversity crisis?
09/09/2023
The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) published a new report, provides an overview of the latest data, analysis and options regarding invasive alien species and their control.
Predatory adaptations in the large Jurassic marine reptile Temnodontosaurus
01/09/2023
A new species of leafhopper that looks like a Triceratops
31/08/2023
Newly described ancient whale could be the heaviest animal ever
02/08/2023
Perucetus colossus, an ancient whale that swam off the coast of present-day Peru 39 million years ago, rivals the blue whale as the heaviest animal ever.