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Fri | 04/03/2020 | 12:04 Viruses: Tiny and million years on earth Viruses and palaeopathology research at the museum
Press release, 27-03-2023
Museum Visit Open Museum Event
Easter holidays at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Osterferien im Museum für Naturkunde
Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Extinction of Species Evolution Fossils How Synapsids took the land In trees, on the water or underground - many ways of life of today's mammals were developed long before them, when the first vertebrates claimed land habitat.
Press release, 18-10-2019
Exhibition Finance Fossils Society Cooperation
Über 10.000 Kinder stürmen den Sauriersaal beim Kinderfest Beim gemeinsamen Kinderfest der Berliner Sparkasse und dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin konnten Kinder einen Tag lang Dinosaurier, Sonnensystem und faszinierende Tiere entdecken.
Fri | 04/03/2020 | 13:28 Evaluation 2019 Evaluation 2019 International Commission of Experts confirmed: Museum für Naturkunde is a globally visible model for research museums. Let us introduce you to a few highlights.
Tue | 05/25/2021 | 09:25 Colonial Contexts The establishment of natural history museums and collections in Europe was inextricably linked to colonial expansion since the end of the 15th century. The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is exemplary for these colonial entanglements...
Mon | 01/17/2022 | 14:12 Franziska Schuster: The treasure seeker Old expedition diaries, handwritten labels, artistic copperplate engravings, biological specimens - the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is full of rarities and hidden knowledge. Franziska Schuster helps to unearth the treasures.
Press release, 29-09-2020
Evolution Research Fossils Cooperation Morphology
Sabretooths evolved different hunting styles A new study about diversity in hunting and killing styles
Press release, 22-04-2016
Exhibition Evolution Finance Research Cluster Cooperation Saur
Original T-Rex Skull has arrived at the Naturkundemuseum in Berlin TRISTAN is one of the world’s best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens, and it’s on its way to Berlin.
Press release, 03-07-2023
Exhibition Museum Visit
Summer vaccation in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin Exhibitions and events invite you to discover nature during the summer vacations.
Press release, 12-12-2019
Biodiversity Fossils Morphology Ecosystem
Distribution of species varied independently with competition Biodiversity Fossils Morphology Ecosystem Press release, 12-12-2019 All species rely on resources such as food and suitable habitat. Competition over these resources could influence how many species are in a region and how geographically widespread are those species. If many species are present and competition is high their distributional areas should be smaller than at times when only a few species exist. Palaeontologists from the University of Oxford, the University of Erlangen, and the Naturkundemuseum Berlin suggest that competition may not be as important on large scales as prevailing theory would imply.
SP2 Collection Future Research Transfer Open Museum Future Plan Politics Knowledge Transfer Science Communication Collection Society Digitalization What we’re doing in the Collection Discovery and Development project Wir stellen uns der Verantwortung, unsere Sammlung zu bewahren, zu öffnen und für alle zugänglich zu machen. Dabei vernetzen wir Wissen und entwickeln unser Sammlungsmanagement sowie Services und Infrastrukturen ständig weiter.
Press release, 26-01-2018
Evolution Fossils Genomics Cooperation
Whole-body photoreceptor networks are independent of ‘lenses’ in brittle stars Photoreception and vision are fundamental aspects of animal sensory biology and ecology, but important gaps remain in our understanding of these processes in many species.
Press release, 17-03-2017
Digitalization Evolution Fossils Saur
One Million Visitors to see Tristan Otto the T rex Tristan Weigel as the one-millionth visitor at the exhibition
Fri | 04/26/2019 | 20:42 Applying Applying The Museum für Naturkunde is aiming to become a thought leader in the field of citizen science. The Museum has been building a strong portfolio in citizen science, participation and public engagement in science. Jointly with Wissenschaft im Dialog, the Museum set up the German online platform for citizen science projects: Bürger schaffen Wissen (citizens create knowledge; https://www.buergerschaffenwissen.de/). The Website connects citizens with research, but Museum staff also act as advisors to project leaders.
Wed | 02/27/2019 | 13:36 Scientist from the MfN on Board: IODP Expedition 379 in the Amundsen Sea (West Antarctic) on the Research Drill Ship JOIDES Resolution It was frustrating - nearly a week and no new sediment cores below the previously drilled depth of 393 meters below the sea floor. One iceberg after another drifted into the security 'red zone' near the ship so that new drilling was not allowed: we had to have time to pull up our drill string if an iceberg decided to head directly for the ship, as is not easy to dodge an iceberg when you are still anchored to the sea floor by a 4-kilometer long drill pipe! At last we could resume drilling and we have now reached 504 meters. And the quality of the cores is remarkably good.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Morphology Research Evolution Genetics Without legs through the ground Not much was known so far about the still little researched amphisbaenians. Researchers at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin get to the bottom of their development history.
Press release, 22-04-2016
Evolution Morphology Reptiles
Reptilian embryos uncover the origin of snake anatom In collaboration with a colleague from Zürich, Ingmar Werneburg from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin discovered how snakes lost their limbs.
SP2 Collection Future Collection Fossils Recent Plants This article describes the collection of recent plants at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, especially focussed on the collection's history and research.
SP1 Dynamics of Nature Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics Research Morphology Fossils Laboratories Anatomy, ecology and ontogeny of Mesosaurs using 3D-Imaging Technologies My PhD project is to investigate different aspects of the anatomy and ecology of mesosaurs, using 3D imaging to understand their ecology and history, and to resolve the phylogeny of early amniotes.

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung