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.
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01/09/2023
Predatory adaptations in the large Jurassic marine reptile Temnodontosaurus
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Reinout Verbeke
12/06/2023
An ambitious Nature Restoration Law needed
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Kelle MoreauOn Thursday 15 June 2023, the European Parliament's Environment Committee will vote for the Nature Restoration Law that was proposed by the European Commission as a key element of the EU Biodiversity Strategy/EU Green Deal.
28/03/2023
HOME research project recommends repatriation of historical human remains from former Belgian colonies and the creation of a focal point on human remains
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Reinout VerbekeA multidisciplinary research team coordinated by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) is calling to change the law to facilitate the repatriation of human remains where requested and to put human remains out of commerce.
24/03/2023
Worldwide collections database maps 1 billion objects
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Reinout VerbekeA new database maps the total collections from 73 of the world’s largest natural history museums and herbaria in 28 countries, revealing a total collection of more than 1.1 billion objects.
31/03/2022
Mammals put brawn before brains to survive post-dinosaur world
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Reinout VerbekePrehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct, research suggests.
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