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Manual management of Floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) by uprooting (Image : Adrien Latli)
09/09/2023

Invasive alien species: how to tackle one of the five main causes of the biodiversity crisis?

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Kelle Moreau

On September 4, 2023, the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) published a new report on invasive alien species.

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The crane vessel Bravo lifts the carcass of the Fin Whale out of the water in the port of Antwerp. (Image: RBINS/J. Haelters)
09/09/2023

Carcass of Fin whale in port of Antwerp

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Kelle Moreau

A dead fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) was found in the Deurganckdok in the port of Antwerp on Tuesday 29 August 2023. The carcass was lifted from the water by the crane vessel Brabo.

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Scanned skull of Temnodontosaurus
01/09/2023

Predatory adaptations in the large Jurassic marine reptile Temnodontosaurus

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Reinout Verbeke

Palaeontologists have found among Temnodontosaurs - Jurassic-era sea predators - that not all species were equally well adapted to catching large prey. This indicates that these contemporaries each occupied their own ecological niche and thus avoided competition.

Cornutipo chillagoensis, een nieuwe soort cicade met drie 'horens'.
31/08/2023

A new species of leafhopper that looks like a Triceratops

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Two entomologists have described a new species of leafhopper native to Australia that has a special head with three "horns".

Reconstruction of Perucetus colossus in its coastal habitat. Estimated body length: ~20 meters. (Artist: Alberto Gennari).
02/08/2023

Newly described ancient whale could be the heaviest animal ever

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Reinout Verbeke

Perucetus colossus, an ancient whale that swam off the coast of present-day Peru 39 million years ago, rivals the blue whale as the heaviest animal ever.

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