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HOME research project recommends repatriation of historical human remains from former Belgian colonies
28/03/2023
A 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.
Worldwide collections database maps 1 billion objects
24/03/2023
A 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.
Monograph provides overview of fossil cartilaginous fishes in our collection
23/03/2023
Two experts have published a richly illustrated reference work of fossil chondrichthyans, cartilaginous fishes including sharks, in the collections of the Institute of Natural Sciences.
Environmental impact of offshore wind farms: getting ready for expansion in the Belgian North Sea
22/03/2023
New treaty protects biodiversity on high seas
08/03/2023
Ice Age Survivors
01/03/2023
Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years – they took shelter in Western Europe but died out on the Italian peninsula.
Scientists find a new family of snakes
13/02/2023
An international team of researchers led by the University of Helsinki has revised the phylogeny of the Elapoidea, an important group of snakes. By doing so, they discovered a new family of snakes.
Bright Festival : du 16 au 19 février
06/02/2023
Egyptian tomb with ten crocodile mummies discovered
18/01/2023
Spanish archaeologists made an unusual discovery in southern Egypt: a still undisturbed tomb containing ten mummified crocodiles. Archaeologists from our Institute had the opportunity to study the mummies.
A global framework to halt biodiversity loss and restore natural ecosystems
21/12/2022