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, 02-09-2025 Research Fossils Insects Plants The oldest insect plague in the history of the Earth A team of palaeontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, has described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with associated egg deposits, based on plant fossils. Press release, 27-08-2025 Evolution Research Mammals Two big steps toward the evolution of bipedality New study reveals how reshaping the pelvis helped human ancestors walk upright Press release, 20-08-2025 Research Mammals Bats Deliver Prey: Spectacular Insights into the Family Life of the Americas’ Largest Bat Researchers document, for the first time, how the rare spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum) provides prey to its young—offering clues to parental care and complex social structures. Press release, 24-07-2025 Evolution Research Fossils Earth Sciences New fossil reveals hidden diversity of ancient reptiles before Earth's largest mass extinction An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Buenos Aires and Washington D.C. has identified a new fossil from central Germany, offering fresh insights into the early evolutionary history of archosauromorphs Press release, 23-05-2025 Research Fossils Reptile skin and sociability among early mammalian ancestors An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Magdeburg and Paris has for the first time investigated resting traces with the body impressions of early mammalian relatives from Bromacker fossil locality. Press release, 21-05-2025 Protection of Species Research Reptiles Sand lizards feel at home on railway tracks Museum of Natural History Berlin studied movements of sand lizards along a railway track Press release, 13-05-2025 Research Ecosystem Mammals Guided by Mom: How maternal feedback shapes vocal development in wild bat pups New research reveals that in the bat species Saccopteryx bilineata, maternal feedback influences vocal development, particularly shaping the vocalizations acquired through vocal learning. Press release, 12-05-2025 Biodiversity Research Insects Collection Discovered in collection: 40 new moth species from the Philippines previously unknown to science In two recent studies, scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin have identified in the collection and described 40 previously unknown moth species from the Philippines. Press release, 24-03-2025 Research Science Communication Who is calling? Bats outsmart deception by solving sensory conflicts Would you assist someone calling for help if that person was standing right in front of you unharmed? Probably not - and bats have similar reservations, as a new study in Current Biology shows. Press release, 03-03-2025 Digitalization Research Science Communication Digitisation as the key to processing colonial natural history collections An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin has published a commentary in the journal Nature Reviews Biodiversity highlighting how digitization in a contextualized form can be used as a powerful research tool to better understand and make colonial natural history c Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 … Next page Next › Last page Last »