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orchids traded for salep

Orchids are legally protected, but these plants are still widely traded illegally. A new online search engine from Naturalis shows how and where wild terrestrial orchids and their products are sold around the world. Online trading..


Continue reading 09 March 2022   2 jaar oud
De zeevlinder Cymbulia peronii gefotografeerd tijdens een nachtduik bij Florida.

Cymbulia peronii is a sea butterfly that occurs in large numbers in the deep sea throughout the world. This unusual animal has been nominated for the ‘Mollusc of the Year 2022’ election. If this species gets the most votes, its..


Continue reading 06 March 2022   2 jaar oud

Two recently published studies document 35 new beetle species for the islands of Saba and Sint Eustatius. Even with these latest additions, it is still estimated that nearly three quarters of the beetle population is still..


Continue reading 04 March 2022   2 jaar oud
Waarneming registreren

Measuring biological water quality by volunteers has an added value to monitoring by professionals. It helps to obtain a fuller picture of water quality in Dutch ditches, streams, ponds and canals. ..


Continue reading 02 March 2022   2 jaar oud
Met FOC geïnfecteerde bananenplant in Vietnam.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (FOC) is a fungus found across the world, and various of its races are hitting the banana industry hard. This has major consequences in Vietnam, in particular, where the new FOC-TR4 race is taking..


Continue reading 26 February 2022   2 jaar oud
Diadema-zee-egel (ongeveer een halve millimeter groot) gevestigd op een biobal, een van de onderzochte vestigingssubstraten

Diadema sea urchins play a vital role in maintaining a balanced coral reef ecosystem and their restoration is essential to assist recovery of the degraded coral reefs around Saba and Sint Eustatius. A research by University of..


Continue reading 13 February 2022   2 jaar oud

This year the Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF) became the new tenant of an old power plant at the Fort Bay harbor of Saba. SCF is planning and searching for funds to convert it into a Marine Research Station. The facility will..


Continue reading 02 February 2022   2 jaar oud
Descurainia bourgaeana van Tenerife, vulkaan Teide

Plants collected more than a century ago are still important to science. Naturalis researchers are using these to construct a family tree of plant life...


Continue reading 22 January 2022   2 jaar oud

Year-to-year fluctuations in seawater temperature are partly responsible for the much slower ups and downs in the abundance of marine fish stocks. This is the conclusion from a worldwide study conducted by Wageningen University &..


Continue reading 18 January 2022   2 jaar oud
Onbeschreven naaktslak van de familie Dorididae

Aegires sublaevis, a rare nudibranch, was recently documented in Bonaire. This nudibranch has not been reported from anywhere else in the Caribbean, and this discovery showcases again the diversity – known and unknown – of the..


Continue reading 31 December 2021   2 jaar oud

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