Choose biodiversity and eat your world fairer
For the Biodiversiteit op je bord (Biodiversity on Your Plate) Challenge, Naturalis's Kennis Natuurlijk! (Knowledge Naturally!) program has designed info cards highlighting food produced with attention for biodiversity. Restaurants can use these info cards…
Demelza van der Maas new museum director of Naturalis
In mid-October 2026, Demelza van der Maas will be appointed museum director of Naturalis Biodiversity Center. She is moving from Heineken, where she spent over eleven years helping to lead the visitor services organisation. Furthermore she was responsible…
What an honor! Antlion named after Naturalis collection manager
A new species of antlion from South India has been named after Mónica Guimarães Cruz, collection manager at Naturalis. The type specimen is, in fact, part of the Naturalis insect collection, which she manages. This gesture is not only a tribute but also…
AI helps with identifying fossils
There's black gold to be found on Dutch beaches: ancient fossils. But determining what you have found is no easy task. Researchers from Naturalis and other institutions have trained artificial intelligence to recognize fossils. Sometimes AI even…
Technological upgrade for ARISE accelerates recognition of 'hidden' Dutch nature
The national species identification infrastructure, ARISE, is receiving a technological upgrade. A 3.2-million-euro grant makes the five-year AccellARISE upgrade possible. With this funding, Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the Westerdijk Fungal…
Listening to nature Naturalis and LIACS join forces
Mapping nature involves generating and analyzing massive streams of data in all shapes and forms. Consequently, biology and computer science are becoming increasingly intertwined. The appointment of computer scientist Dan Stowell at the Leiden Institute of…
Luís Valente appointed Professor of Island Biology
Evolutionary biologist Luís Valente has been appointed Honorary Professor of Island Biology at the University of Groningen.
The Biodiversity of the ABC Islands
Dutch and Antillean researchers are joining forces to improve our understanding of nature on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. A new project combines centuries-old natural history collections with high-tech image recognition and DNA barcoding.
The Day of Promotion: Mike Hynes
Coral reefs are important ecosystems. They have encountered a lot of hardships across their existence on Earth and are facing significant threats again today. Mike Hynes discovered that the past of coral reefs can tell us a lot about their own future.