Animals in cities are considerably smaller or larger than species on the countryside, a large study concludes. Co-author Frederik Hendrickx (RBINS): ‘Urbanization puts a great selection pressure on species and could disrupt ecosystems.’
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23/05/2018
Urbanization Affects Animal Body Size
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Reinout Verbeke![Reconstruction of the 34-million-year-old whale skull from Antarctica - the second-oldest "baleen" whale ever found. (by Carl Buell)](https://www.naturalsciences.be/sites/default/files/styles/adaptive/public/News_Llanocetus_head_Carl%20Buell_01_EN.jpg?itok=04nxvxpH "Reconstruction of the 34-million-year-old whale skull from Antarctica - the second-oldest "baleen" whale ever found. (by Carl Buell)")
10/05/2018
Ancient Skull Suggests Whales Were Giant Before Baleen Arose
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Reinout VerbekeAt least some whales became giants long before the emergence of filter feeding, a 34-million-year-old whale skull suggests.
11/04/2018
Fusion18 | Get inspired by our collections!
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Charlotte DegueldreFusion18 is a temporary installation bridging the gap between the natural sciences and drawing. Discover our collections through scientific illustrations of our specimens, works by a well-known artist and sketches by enthusiastic amateurs.
21/03/2018
The Genomes of Five Late Neandertals Provide Insights Into Neandertal History
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Reinout VerbekeResearchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig have reconstructed the DNA of five ‘late’ Neandertals, two of them found on Belgian ground.
09/03/2018
Bone Analysis Confirms: ‘Little Iguanodon’ is a Separate Species
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Reinout VerbekeInside the glass cage of the Bernissart Iguanodons in the Museum of Natural Sciences, one much smaller specimen stands out. But its bone structure is of an adult animal, an analysis by Koen Stein (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) concludes.
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