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Wed | 04/29/2020 | 17:00 bis 17:30 Instagram Q&A: Secrets of fossil plants At first glance, what looks like abstract art turns out to be fossil plant remains from our research collection. Collection technician Melanie Diebert will tell you live on Instagram about her work in our hydrofluoric acid laboratory – and currently in home office. What do fossil plant remains tell us about the flora several hundred million years ago? What contribution does laboratory work make to science? We look forward to your questions!
Press release, 21-04-2020
Fossils Society Climate Change
Fossils prove serious effects of global warming Using fossils, the ecological effects of climate change were investigated
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Mammals The collection of Fossil Mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin contains about 80,000 macroscopic objects and about 1,000,000 fossilised remains of small mammals. Among them are 41 types and over 1,500 originals.
Press release, 13-12-2018
Biodiversity Research Cluster Fossils Ecosystem Collection
Fossilized competition? Animal interactions controlled biodiversity in the geological past
Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Mammals Evolution Fossils Earth Sciences Fossil search in the Atbara Valley The Atbara River in eastern Sudan has created a landscape in which fossil search is particularly productive. Researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin also find early humans' tools.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Evolution Fossils Palaeopathology of fossil vertebrates The project deals with the origin and evolution of diseases in fossil vertebrates.
Press release, 25-05-2018
Amphibians Protection of Species Extinction of Species Fossils
Utilizing fossils for conservation study in Ecology Letters marks an important step in the developing field of ‘Conservation Paleobiology’
Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Evolution Fossils The sea urchin Echinocorys as a model organism for the study of fossil parasite/host systems The sea urchin genus Echinocorys thrived on the seafloor for over 40 million years and, was host to parasites from very diverse groups of organisms. It is therefore particularly suited as a model for studying symbiotic relationships over long geological timespans.
Press release, 01-02-2016
Amber Evolution Research Fossils Morphology
A penis in amber A research team led by Jason Dunlop from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin published the unusual discovery of a 99 million year old harvestman with an extended penis.
Press release, 17-07-2023
Evolution Spider
The oldest spider from Germany In a recently published article in the international journal Paläontologische Zeitschrift, Dr. Jason Dunlop from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin found the oldest spider ever discovered in Germany, which dates to between 310 and 315 million years old.
Press release, 07-12-2018
Biodiversity Database Digitalization Evolution Research Cluster Fossils
Mystery of the missing quill solved A research team with contribution from Daniela Schwarz at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin got new information about the archaeopteryx fetherns of Berlin.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Morphology Database Biodiversity Evolution Fossils Fossil arachnids Investigating the origins and evolution of the arachnids and their relatives by comparing exceptionally preserved fossils with the morphology of living species.
Press release, 18-10-2016
Amber Evolution Research Cluster Fossils Knowledge Transfer
Ancient tick reveals its secrets Research team led by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin publishes new facts about fossil ticks.
Mon | 06/06/2016 | 15:20 Land of the Elephants – A Fossil World in Europe The exhibition looks at the anatomy of elephants, focusing on original teeth, jaw fragments and bones of the feet.
Press release, 09-12-2020
Extinction of Species Fossils Climate Change Ecosystem
Fossils show consequences of ocean warming Long-term consequences of the clima crisis for marine ecosysteme
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Fossil Plants The Palaeobotany Collections comprise over 230,000 items with more than 9,100 voucher specimens and types. The collection covers the entire geological history of fossil plants.
Press release, 19-08-2024
Research Fossils Science Communication
New tetrapod discoveries at Bromacker research excavation This year's excavation at the world-famous Bromacker fossil site in Thuringia has come to an end and was a complete success.
Wed | 06/08/2022 | 12:46 Pilot project “Digitization of fossil Insects” Mass digitization of paleontological collections
Press release, 12-05-2017
Amphibians Protection of Species Extinction of Species Fossils
Things used to be different The connection between the extinction risk of amphibians and their habitat has turned
Press release, 12-02-2021
Biodiversity Database Evolution Research Fossils Climate Change Cooperation Ecosystem
A new 'once in decades' standard reference book on Radiolaria The first comprehensive book on radiolarians in twenty years

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung