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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.
Wed | 10/29/2025 | 12:30 bis 15:30 Open Museum Studio in the Microscopy Centre In our Open Museum Studio the objects are not behind glass, but on your hand, in front of your nose or under the microscope!
Wed | 10/22/2025 | 12:30 bis 15:30 Open Museum Studio in the Microscopy Centre In our Open Museum Studio the objects are not behind glass, but on your hand, in front of your nose or under the microscope!
Wed | 10/15/2025 | 12:30 bis 15:30 Open Museum Studio in the Microscopy Centre In our Open Museum Studio the objects are not behind glass, but on your hand, in front of your nose or under the microscope!
Wed | 10/08/2025 | 12:30 bis 15:30 Open Museum Studio in the Microscopy Centre In our Open Museum Studio the objects are not behind glass, but on your hand, in front of your nose or under the microscope!
Wed | 10/01/2025 | 12:30 bis 15:30 Open Museum Studio in the Microscopy Centre In our Open Museum Studio the objects are not behind glass, but on your hand, in front of your nose or under the microscope!
Wed | 09/24/2025 | 12:30 bis 15:30 Open Museum Studio in the Microscopy Centre In our Open Museum Studio the objects are not behind glass, but on your hand, in front of your nose or under the microscope!
Wed | 09/17/2025 | 12:30 bis 15:30 Open Museum Studio in the Microscopy Centre In our Open Museum Studio the objects are not behind glass, but on your hand, in front of your nose or under the microscope!
Wed | 09/10/2025 | 12:30 bis 15:30 Open Museum Studio in the Microscopy Centre In our Open Museum Studio the objects are not behind glass, but on your hand, in front of your nose or under the microscope!
Tue | 10/28/2025 | 18:00 bis 19:30 Guided tour "Queering Nature" A queer-historical view of nature and science
Tue | 10/21/2025 | 18:00 bis 19:30 Guided tour "Queering Nature" A queer-historical view of nature and science
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
Sat | 10/04/2025 | 14:00 bis 15:00 Queering Nature - in the park A queer-historical view of nature and science
Sun | 10/26/2025 | 15:00 bis 17:00 KinderKulturMonat: Of crocodiles and dinosaur claws Every year in October, the KinderKulturMonat offers children and families a unique programme to take part in and try out. Museums, art and music schools, theatres, galleries, dance schools, cinemas and many more open their doors in all districts of Berlin to paint, explore, dance and make music together with children. There is something exciting for everyone between the ages of 4 and 12!
Sun | 10/26/2025 | 11:00 bis 13:00 KinderKulturMonat: Of crocodiles and dinosaur claws Every year in October, the KinderKulturMonat offers children and families a unique programme to take part in and try out. Museums, art and music schools, theatres, galleries, dance schools, cinemas and many more open their doors in all districts of Berlin to paint, explore, dance and make music together with children. There is something exciting for everyone between the ages of 4 and 12!
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, 14-08-2025
Museum Visit Open Museum Event Science Communication
Diverse love: Long Night of Museums at the Museum für Naturkunde This year, the Long Night of Museums on 30 August will be held under the motto ‘Love’.
Press release, 13-08-2025
Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences
How Giraffatitan moved its massive tail An international research team led by Dr Verónica Díez Díaz from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin has used new digital 3D reconstructions to gain detailed insights into the mobility of the tail of the sauropod Giraffatitan brancai.
Tue | 09/23/2025 | 19:00 bis 22:00 Naturally Contested: Whose Nature, Whose Conservation? Nature Conservation in the Global South
Mon | 08/11/2025 | 13:30 bis 15:00 Berlin's biodiversity - discovering nature at the Schul-Umwelt-Zentrum Berlin Mitte discovering nature at the Schul-Umwelt-Zentrum Berlin Mitte

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung