Tropical rainforests are losing their resilience worldwide New studies highlight concerning tipping point
Tropical rainforests hold a wealth of biodiversity but are globally approaching a critical point. The drastic decline is happening faster than expected, concludes an international research team. The team includes biologist Hans ter Steege, affiliated with…
Why the long face?
Researchers from - among others - Zürich University and Naturalis helped describe a remarkable fossil fish from 365 million years ago.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center and BNP Paribas Join Forces for Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration
Naturalis Biodiversity Center and BNP Paribas signed a multi-year partnership for the protection and restoration of biodiversity. The urgency for action is great, particularly in the Netherlands, explains Edwin van Huis, Director of Naturalis Biodiversity…
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree How lovely are thy insects
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 you more.
Wide variety of mosquitoes found in Rotterdam
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 produced an overview of all…
25 years of research compiled in Flora of the Guianas
On the 30th of November the book on the flora of the Guianas was festively presented at Naturalis. The book is a unique collection of the tropical plant family Annonaceae, also known as the soursack family, from Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname.
De Grachtwacht wins award
The Leiden initiative De Grachtwacht, which has been cleaning the canals since 2018, received the NWO Communication Initiative Award yesterday. Founders Auke-Florian Hiemstra and Liselotte Rambonnet, affiliated with Naturalis and Leiden University, are…
Not the last of his species after all
A British expedition has shot the first ever images of a Sir David Attenboroughs long-beaked echidna. Until then, the specimen at Naturalis was considered to be the only evidence that the species ever existed at all.
Day of the PhD defense: Ajaree Thonglim
On Thursday the 9th of November Ajaree Thonglim defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘ Disentangling drought-responsive traits with focus on Arabidopsis’ in the academy building in Leiden. For her PhD research at Naturalis and the university of Leiden she…