“Living Sand” Organisms have a Stable Partner and a Flexible Crew, Scientists Find
Foraminifera - small but incredibly important marine organisms - spend their lives together with two types of roommate: algae and bacteria. They are very picky when it comes to the algae, but open minded when it comes to the bacteria. Understanding this…
The Netherlands to return Dubois collection fossils to Indonesia
The Dutch government has decided to return the Dubois Collection to Indonesia. This decision was made by the Minister of Education, Culture, and Science, Gouke Moes, based on the recommendation of the independent Colonial Collections Committee. Naturalis…
Sorting species The first type catalogue of the mammal collection is a fact
“This lemur is brown.” These kinds of old, concise notes were often encountered by Pepijn Kamminga, collection manager of the bird and mammal collection, when he and his colleagues compiled the first type catalogue for the mammal collection of Naturalis…
The giant panda now temporarily at Naturalis
The giant panda is the icon of nature conservation. From September 5, a panda has been added to the Naturalis museum collection. The panda will be on display in the exhibition hall Leven until the start of January. The object is on loan from the Muséum…
Marcel Beukeboom appointed new general director of Naturalis
Marcel Beukeboom will take up the position of general director of Naturalis Biodiversity Center on September 8, 2025. He succeeds Edwin van Huis, who has been at the helm of Naturalis for 14 years and is now retiring.
Digging for dinosaurs Naturalis on expedition in Wyoming
Each summer, a team from Naturalis Biodiversity Center travels to the United States to dig for dinosaur fossils, and this year is no different. Right now, a team of paleontologists and preparators of Naturalis’ dinosaur lab is excavating a fossil site in…
The Day of Promotion: Elsa B. Girard
Tiny organisms called foraminifera can be incredibly useful for protecting coral reefs. Promovenda Elsa B. Girard developed a method to study them more efficiently. “This way, you can act before the corals are impacted.”
Marcel Beukeboom new general director Naturalis
Today the Supervisory Board of Naturalis announced that Marcel Beukeboom will be appointed General Director of Naturalis Biodiversity Center as of September 8, 2025. He will succeed Edwin van Huis, who was at the helm of Naturalis for the past 14 years…
Evolution of the skull further uncovered with a 455-million-year-old fish
Using X-ray imaging methods, Naturalis researcher Richard Dearden and colleagues at the University of Birmingham and the Natural History Museum in London have discovered what the cartilages that surrounded the brain of the 455-million-year-old fish…