Reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring

23/02/2022

Aktuelles

01/09/2026

North Sea aerial surveillance in 2025

In 2025, the Institute of Natural Sciences documented 96 cases of marine and atmospheric pollution with the Coast Guard aircraft. The remaining activities included, among others, flights carried out for broader maritime surveillance tasks in support of Coast Guard partners, fisheries inspections, and marine mammal surveys.

Air pollution by Russian shadow fleet in the North Sea

Wissenschaft

02/07/2026

Air pollution by Russian shadow fleet in the North Sea

New research by the Institute of Natural Sciences identifies a significant increase in non-compliance with international ship emission regulations among shadow fleet vessels operating in the North Sea region.

No signs of genetic poverty among the last Neandertals of North-Western Europe

Wissenschaft

01/07/2026

No signs of genetic poverty among the last Neandertals of North-Western Europe

The last Neandertals in our region, just over 40,000 years ago, turn out to have been quite genetically diverse, a finding that challenges the idea that inbreeding and genetic deterioration were a major cause of their extinction.

Wissenschaft

01/09/2026

North Sea aerial surveillance in 2025

Wissenschaft

02/07/2026

Air pollution by Russian shadow fleet in the North Sea

Wissenschaft

01/07/2026

No signs of genetic poverty among the last Neandertals of North-Western Europe

Museum

14/01/2026

Valentine's Day: our love for dinosaurs

Can you love someone you’ve never met? Screening of the documentary De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen in the presence of filmmakers and palaeontologists on February 14th.

Experience an exceptional night with the dinosaurs!

Museum

22/12/2025

Experience an exceptional night with the dinosaurs!

After the success of the Halloween Night for children and Museum By Night for adults, we will once again open our doors for an extraordinary overnight experience!

Museum

21/10/2025

Heritage Challenge: vote for us!

Our project? The restoration of 21 paintings by Alphonse Mora (1891–1977), artist and shell collector, who immortalized underwater life and marine biodiversity in oil paint. Vote for us!