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Links schedel-onderdeel (neurocranium) tonijn van het strand van Den Helder, rechts een exemplaar uit de collectie van Naturalis

Naturalis' free question service helps young and old to name finds from nature. Each year, we receive about 2,500 questions and this year even more than 3,000. What were the most surprising nature questions of 2023?..


Continue reading 30 December 2023   2 mnd oud

Caribbean islands are not just picturesque destinations, they are also home to remarkable natural wonders. Natasha Silva, Chief Conservation Officer of Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba, recently shed light on the conservation..


Continue reading 20 December 2023   3 mnd oud
Bosgebied in Roemenië

The European Parliament will take a final vote on the Nature Restoration Law early in 2024. This hotly debated regulation aims to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity in Europe. An international team of scientists with..


Continue reading 19 December 2023   3 mnd oud
Een steekmug

Since the discovery that mosquitoes can transmit diseases, researchers have been interested in their distribution. However, the insect often continues to be a city resident that remains unnoticed. Therefore, researchers have now..


Continue reading 16 December 2023   3 mnd oud
West-Indische Boomvaren Cyathea arborea na 138 jaar herontdekt op de steile binnenhelling van de Quill.

For 138 years, the steep slopes of the Quill volcano in Statia concealed a forgotten tree fern. Since 1885, the West Indian Tree Fern had not been recorded on the island. But during a vegetation survey, researchers found no less..


Continue reading 16 December 2023   3 mnd oud
Rosse Grutto's arriveren op de toendra broedgebieden rond de tijd van het smelten van de sneeuw.

Changing climate may slowly erode the difference between two subspecies of bar-tailed godwits. That warning is voiced by bird researchers from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and the University of Amsterdam..


Continue reading 13 December 2023   3 mnd oud

Every Christmas the stories resurface: supposedly about 25,000 creatures are living in your Christmas tree. Exactly how much of this is true and which insects can actually be found? Naturalis' insect expert Aglaia Bouma can tell..


Continue reading 13 December 2023   3 mnd oud
Fireworks and birds

Birds are affected by the mass use of fireworks on New Year's Eve up to a distance of ten kilometres away. This is concluded by researchers of the University of Amsterdam, based on data from weather radar and bird counts. They..


Continue reading 12 December 2023   3 mnd oud
rode flamingo(?)

Kickstarting last month's Nature-Based Solutions symposium, Mr. Charles Karangwa delivered an impactful speech on the potential of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) to catalyze substantive action for sustainable development. He..


Continue reading 12 December 2023   3 mnd oud
BIMAG boer - primair

How do we enhance biodiversity on farmland? To do this, farmers need to be motivated to care and promote it. But it also requires people who can monitor the developments through their observations and counts. Citizen science is..


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