Butterflies come to life with new interactive artwork at Naturalis
Starting November 27, you can engage with the interactive artwork Origins of Imagination at Naturalis. Visitors who scan a butterfly drawing they've colored themselves can watch as the installation transforms it into a realistic, moving butterfly. All the…
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.
Venomous Finds Dutch Biologist Finds New Ways To Study Snake Venom
Dutch biologist Mátyás Bittenbinder developed new, non-animal methods to investigate tissue-damaging snake venom. In this way, he hopes to contribute to solutions for victims. Millions of people are bitten by venomous snakes every year. Of these, 400,000…
Unique dinosaur exhibition at Naturalis, the Netherlands
Naturalis Biodiversity Center is the first and only museum in the world to present a herd of five triceratopses. Experts from Naturalis worked on the unique discovery for over a decace. Eppo Bruins, minister of Education, Culture and Science, opened the…
Bird paradox solved Why emus run differently from us
At first glance birds may not seem good runners. Try it yourself: bend your knees and run around on your toes while keeping at least one foot on the ground at all times. This feels unnatural to a human, but birds do this regularly. An international team…
Naturalis shows off unique find in a new triceratops exhibition
On October 18, Naturalis will open Triceratops: the herd . It will be a family friendly and interactive exhibition. The heart of the gallery is formed by the unique collection of five triceratops skeletons.
Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES) to address the challenges of global data reuse
Today, an international public-private partnership of eleven forward-thinking academic and private organisations announces its joint effort to establish the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science (LIFES). The founding partners of LIFES are the GO…
Bloody insights: Organs-on-chip ready to help snake venom research
A 3D model of imitation blood vessels will make it possible to see exactly how snake venom attacks blood vessels, without having to use laboratory animals. This new research model, called an organ-on-a-chip, was developed by a research team from Vrije…
Dino die-in demonstration: vote against extinction
On Wednsedag May 22 - World Biodiversity Day - Naturalis Biodiversity Center calls upon the coming Dutch government to pay more attention to the bad state of nature. Over a hundred protestors in dinosaur costumes will drop down at 9:30, as a nod to the…
Triceratops teamed up Research shows that five three-horned dinosaurs lived - and died - together
From The Land Before Time to the Jurassic Park franchise, the famous horned dinosaur Triceratops is shown living in herds. There wasn’t really much of a reason for this if you looked at the fossil record of the species. Until now: years of research into a…
Naturalis advice for biodiverse verge management
How do you create a biodiverse verge? How do you preserve it? And what are the benefits of natural verge management? A team of researchers from Naturalis investigated precisely these questions on behalf of clients ProRail and HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions.
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…