Google together with the Museum of Natural Sciences and some of the most loved natural history institutions in the world, has launched a new online experience, allowing people to come face to face with fascinating specimens and browse through the most spectacular collection of natural his
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12/09/2016
Walk Online Through the Museum of Natural Sciences, Thanks to Google
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Charlotte Degueldre
26/08/2016
UV Light Reveals Invisible Beauty in Natural History Collections
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Jonas Van BoxelA team from our Institute has studied the use of UV light in the digitization of natural history collections. UV light reveals fluorescent parts of specimens.
23/08/2016
Discovery of The Most Primitive Primate
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Jonas Van BoxelA cache of exquisitely preserved bones, found in a coal mine in the state of Gujarat, India, appear to be the most primitive primate bones yet discovered. The discovery marks an important chapter in the evolution of primates, mammals which include humans, apes and monkeys.
23/08/2016
360 Million Year Old Fish Nursery Found in Namur
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Reinout VerbekePalaeontologists have found 360 million year old placoderms, the oldest known jawed vertebrates, in the quarry of Strud, close to Namur. They mostly found young animals, which could be an indication that it was a nursery or spawning place.
19/08/2016
Pollen from Cesspits Reveal Medieval Diet
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Reinout VerbekeBetween 1100 and 1700, the menu of the ‘Belgians’ mostly consisted of cereal products and occasionally some exotic ingredients, like honey from Spain or cloves from Indonesia. Researcher Koen Deforce (RBINS) analysed pollen that were collected in ancient Flemish cesspits.
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