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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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We celebrate 25 years of the Biohistoricum at the Museum Koenig Bonn
The Biohistoricum has already existed in Bonn for a quarter of a century. From 23 to 25 June we will be celebrating this special birthday as part of the DGGTB annual conference.
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Fossil beetle species described with astonishing physical characteristics
In a recent study, researchers among LIB beetle expert Dagmara Żyła seek answers and describe the new genus and species from Cretaceous amber.
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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.