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Current NEWS from the LIB cosmos

From newly discovered animal species to treasures of historical collections, from environmental changes to nature conservation in the Anthropocene, from the opening of a special exhibition to a panel discussion: you will find all the latest information here. We also offer current press releases for download in the press area.

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    Global database connects collections from the world’s 73 largest natural history museums

    With their 15 million objects the scientific collections of the LIB are now part of a global database of the world’s largest natural history museums.

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    Our Treasure of the Month: Wallace’s Golden Birdwing

    This month, we will take a closer look at the specimen in our collection and commemorate its namesake on his 200th birthday celebration.

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    Treasure of the month: Three alien land snails

    Land snails are generally not famous for getting quickly from A to B. Nevertheless, we humans often unintentionally ensure that some species can travel very long distances and spread in a foreign country.

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    Our treasure of the month bears a great name

    Our treasure, Seminemacheilus attalicus, was named after the Attalid king Attalos.

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    Our Treasure of the Month: a Collection from the Underworld

    A collection of more than 10,000 small living creatures collected in groundwater and interstitial systems of Germany and other places around the world.

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    Our Treasure of the Month: The Sand Earwig

    Our treasure of the month is the largest earwig living in Germany: the sand earwig.

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