ICEDIG Design Study
March 31st, 2020

DiSSCo's Conceptual Design Blueprint

ICEDIG, DiSSCo's Design Study was completed on 31 March 2020 and culminated in the development of a Conceptual Design Blueprint for design of DiSSCo's digitization infrastructure including 104 recommendations supported by ICEDIG research and investigation…
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Painting of fish market
January 24th, 2020

Cultivated snake venom glands

Our fellow researcher Freek Vonk and professor Hans Clevers (Hubrecht Institute, KNAW) explained a publication in Cell last night at the talk show 'De Wereld Draait Door'. The publication is about mini-organs that produce poison. A group of scientists from…
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Painting of fish market
January 16th, 2020

The determination of fishes is a piece of art

Learning about the biodiversity of fishes is a fine piece of art. And now literally, thanks to a crowd-sourcing project where you can identify fish by analyzing old paintings and drawings. Thanks to the Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the Leiden…
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Baliem Valley New Guinea. Getty Images
January 8th, 2020

Scientists in action for insect conservation

Many plants on the island of New Guinea are being threatened with extinction. The indigenous languages and customs associated with the plants run the same risk of disappearing. An international team of biologists, including from Naturalis Biodiversity…
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Baliem Valley New Guinea. Getty Images
December 23rd, 2019

Naturalis ontvangt 275.000 bezoekers in 4 maanden

Many plants on the island of New Guinea are being threatened with extinction. The indigenous languages and customs associated with the plants run the same risk of disappearing. An international team of biologists, including from Naturalis Biodiversity…
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Atlanta vanderspoeli sea snail
December 14th, 2019

Marine gastropod named for discoverer after 47 years

47 years after plankton expert Siebrecht van der Spoel caught a number of sea snail in his net in the South Pacific, the snail he discovered has at long last been declared a new species. Using modern techniques, Naturalis Biodiversit Center biologists were…
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