Order Oldest firstNewest first AmberAmphibiansAnimal sound archiveProtection of SpeciesExtinction of SpeciesAstronomyExhibitionBiodiversityBirdsCitizen ScienceChildrenClimate ChangeCollaborationCollectionCollections ManagementCooperationCoralsCultural HeritageDatabaseDigitalizationEarth SciencesEcosystemImpactEventEvolutionFinanceFishesResearchResearch ClusterFossilsFuture PlanGeneticsGenomicsSocietyInsectsKnowledge TransferLaboratoriesMammalsMeteoritesMineralsMolluscaMorphologyMuseum VisitNatureOpen MuseumOpen SciencePlantsPodcastPoliticsReptilesResearch Data ManagementSaurScience CommunicationSpecial ExhibitionSpider Press release, 16-02-2017 Research Cluster Fossils Genetics Mammals A new name for the Mainz Basin sea cow The vertebrate palaeontologist Manja Voß and her colleague Oliver Hampe, both from Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, descriped two new species of fossil sea cows Press release, 08-02-2017 Evolution Research Cluster Fossils Genetics Saur A fossil dwarf crocodile from the Harz mountain – Discovery of a new genus from the Jurassic of Northwestern Germany Fundort Harz - Neue Gattung und Art eines kleinen fossilen Krokodils aus der Gruppe der Atoposauriden beschrieben Press release, 14-12-2016 Extinction of Species Evolution Fossils Genetics Mammals Research Data Management Caribbean bats need 8 million years to recover from recent extinction waves New Study Shows Path to Long-Term Equilibrium in Species Numbers Disturbed by Myriad Extinctions, Many Caused by Humans Press release, 10-11-2016 Research Cluster Genetics Cooperation Politics Brave New World of Genome-Editing - Launch of a Research Project by Halle University How should gene technology be defined, what modifications can be permitted by the legislator and what is ethically justifiable? And how can such a complex topic be adequately communicated to the public? These are the questions raised by a new research project Press release, 22-04-2016 Evolution Fossils Genetics Mammals Knowledge Transfer The first mammals were looking through the night - as revealed by visual pigment evolution The origin of mammals, one of the most successful groups of living land vertebrates, took place at night. Researchers from the Museum of Natural History Berlin, Germany, and the University of Toronto, Canada, published this result in the journal Evolution Press release, 11-03-2016 Evolution Research Cluster Genetics Morphology Ecosystem A new perspective on an „anomalous island“ distribution of selected animal groups on the island Sulawesi Press release, 07-03-2016 Amphibians Genetics Insects Morphology Ecosystem Frogs don’t need Harry Potter’s invisible cloak to hide from enemies The Red Rubber Frog, living in the savannas of West Africa, occurs within the colonies of poisonous and aggressive ants, without being harmed by them. Press release, 04-03-2016 Amphibians Evolution Fossils Genetics Earth Sciences Old legs all new – 300 Million year old amphibian was already capable of regenerating its limbs A team of paleontologists at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin demonstrates in a new study that a distant fossil relative of modern amphibians was already capable of regenerating its limbs after injury and amputation. Press release, 04-03-2016 Amphibians Database Evolution Genetics Animal sound archive Research Data Management One or two? How to decide how manx species you have got In a recent study published in the open access journal Zoosystematics and Evolution, scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin use genetic data and calls analysis to test if treefrogs from West and Central Africa belong to different or the same species. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2