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2024 and older

Opgezette dunbekwulp
November 18th, 2024

The thin-beak curlew is now officially extinct

Leiden, 18 November 2024 – Birdwatchers had long suspected it, but now it's official: the slender-billed curlew is extinct. This waterbird, once found in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa, can now only be seen in museums.
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Surinamese black rice
October 28th, 2024

Rice DNA tells the unwritten history of Suriname

For centuries, descendants of Africans who escaped from slavery, known as Maroons, have been growing rice in the interior of Suriname and French Guiana. New genetic research combined with ethnobotany by Wageningen University & Research and Naturalis…
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Press file Triceratops
The herd of Naturalis

Naturalis has found no fewer than five triceratopses together in Wyoming (United States). Researchers from Naturalis, together with paleontology students and a team of volunteers, uncovered more than 1,200 bones and bone fragments. Research shows that this is a unique find: it is a herd!

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Illustratie kudde triceratopsen van Naturalis - Bart Bus

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of our collection

Our collection holds millions of objects that have been collected worldwide over the course of many centuries.

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Dubois skull cap
Butterflies in the Naturalis collection

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Naturalis' T. rex

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Kop van T. rex Trix in kist
T. rex Trix van voren