The reintroduction of the Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah) in Chad is a very positive development for the species. Unfortunately, in the meantime, regional insecurity and oil industry activities in the Sahara desert have pushed the Addax (
News - OD Natural Environment
26/05/2016
Good News and Bad News from the Sahara
post by
Sigrid Maebe
23/05/2016
Save the Biodiversity - 1001 Decisions
post by
Sigrid MaebeOn May 20, 2016 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Belgian ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Biodiversity is life! But that life is threatened ...
12/05/2016
Last chance: Call for abstracts North Sea Open Science Conference 2016
post by
Sigrid MaebeFrom 7 – 10 November 2016, OD Nature of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform, organise the North Sea Open Science Conference 2016 in Ostend, Belgium. The call for abstracts will be closed on May 15th.
03/05/2016
Narwhal in the River Scheldt Probably Died of Starvation
post by
Sigrid MaebeOn 27 April 2016, a dead narwhal was found in the river Scheldt, near the sluice of Wintam (Bornem). The autopsy revealed that the animal probably died of starvation. The narwhal is an arctic species that has never before been observed in Belgium.
14/04/2016
Marine Pollution Results for 2015
post by
Sigrid MaebeIn 2015 a total of 214 flight hours were logged at sea under the Belgian programme for aerial observations over the North Sea. During these flights 73 spills of ship-source marine pollution were observed: 5 operational and 68 accidental spills.
Pages
Museum
Vautierstreet, 29
1000 Brussels
+32 (0)2 627 42 11
Calendar
Follow us on
#naturalsciencesbrussels
You’ve visited our Museum or our research institute? Post your pictures and videos using #naturalsciencesbrussels!
Follow us on
Our partners
