Nature reports
Publisher: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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![Arie van der Meijden De Thaise bosschorpioen, Heterometrus spinifer, is in de studie gebruikt om de vernieuwde methode op te testen.](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/bfaee70f-3d4a-47a1-b6f8-08e5b96a64a1.png&h=170&w=270&v=1637336286)
An international team of scientists has found an innovative, animal-friendly way of studying venom genes. The technique makes it possible to determine the unique venom production of a wide range of venomous animals...
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During a study on velvet ants, nine new species have been described. Specimens from the collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center were used in this study. As a token of appreciation, the scientists have named one of those newly..
![Rijksmuseum oude tekening lead](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/c9dd9a64-5fd1-45e0-ac64-7501297fe446.jpg&h=170&w=270&v=1634897564)
The beetle on the image above is a European stag beetle and the fruit at the bottom left is a fig - but which species of fish is that? This drawing is one in a series of several hundred drawings made and collected between 1596 and..
![Getty Images Stoep plantjes](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/2335a9f1-994c-42f1-95f1-8e3a32045271.jpg&h=170&w=270&v=1634301886)
Slowly, urban planners are realizing the importance of plants, micro-organisms and animals in the city soil. In the Netherlands, the city of Amsterdam is leading the way. Their new book BiodiverCITY shows that they mean business...
![Naturalis Paardenbloempluis](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/c4caf960-5eb2-4fb9-bc18-659926b6dd1a.jpg&h=170&w=270&v=1631169767)
Researchers from Naturalis would like to know whether plants quickly adapt to rapidly changing environments, such as urbanization. They use the dandelion as a model for this. Their aim is to find answers to questions such as: is..
![Mauricio Antón, Wikimedia Commons De afbeelding toont een laat-Pleistoceen landschap met wolharige mammoeten, paardachtigen, een wolharige neushoorn en Europese holenleeuwen met een rendierkarkas.](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/73e37363-4741-45fc-afab-cebd2e0f4751.png&h=170&w=270&v=1630419103)
The current Arctic region is a desolate place with sparse scrubs, barely enough to support roaming reindeer. Yet 50,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene, that picture was completely different: large herds of woolly mammoths and..
![John Hunt Freshwater Watch](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/3b2ee0c8-23ca-4ea4-bf8b-117e7aba37ec.jpg&h=170&w=270&v=1628583286)
Earthwatch Europe is delighted to announce the roll-out of its FreshWater Watch programme to the Netherlands, thanks to support from Naturalis Biodiversity Center. FreshWater Watch is a global programme in which individuals and..
![Jan-Joost Mekkes. Lady beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea)](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/65537ca4-4655-4cbb-9dd4-5f2f1ac9727b.png&h=170&w=270&v=1627566308)
Last December, a beetle catalogue for the Dutch Caribbean was published. This voluminous paper provides the first critical review of the beetle species reported for the islands. Only about a fifth of the species which are likely..
![Prof. Dr. Bert Hoeksema Plocamopherus ocellatus](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/e23acf16-0abd-44fc-bb85-b2310db4bf28.jpg&h=170&w=270&v=1627108763)
The sea slug Plocamopherus ocellatus is mainly known from observations in the Mediterranean Sea, which is not its natural habitat. Marine biologists examine this unusual species...
![Zach Lieberman/California Academy of Sciences Ant (Leptogenys pubiceps)](https://cdn-img.newstory.nl/naturetoday/images/optimized/84e28d78-20fa-4cd9-b7d8-f6e48a043631.png&h=170&w=270&v=1626271164)
Between 2015 and 2020, researchers from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center updated the local ant species lists for the Dutch Caribbean. A large number of new species was documented, including 40 new species on Saba and 32 new..