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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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  • Knowledge Transfer, LIB, Research

    The LIB at the Langer Tag der StadtNatur Hamburg

    We grab our nets, binoculars and rubber boots – on 17 June it’s the Langer Tag der StadtNatur Hamburg again. As a close partner of the event, the Museum of Nature Hamburg is of course also represented this year with exciting activities.

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  • Faces of the LIB, LIB

    Face of the LIB: Thomas Wesener

    What he likes best is discovering the hitherto unknown: As head of the Myriapoda section and curator of the associated collection at the Museum Koenig Bonn, Thomas Wesener is scientifically very familiar with millipedes.

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  • Press releases, Research

    Conservation Experts Warn of Current Dangers Posed by the Legal Wildlife Trade

    A multinational and interdisciplinary team of scientists has published new research that provides critical insights into the damage that the legal wildlife trade currently poses to global conservation and sustainability efforts.

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  • Knowledge Transfer

    The Scientific Advisory Board visits Hamburg

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  • Knowledge Transfer, LIB, Museums

    Long Night of the Museums: Full house with 4,500 night owls

    What a night that was! Scorpions crawled over researchers’ hands, minerals glowed in the dark and our dinosaur researcher told us how dinosaurs passed their time at night.

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  • Faces of the LIB, LIB

    Faces of the LIB: Cristina Garilao

    Cristina Garilao has found a professional niche between biology and informatics: As head of biodiversity informatics at LIB in Hamburg, she is responsible for making information on collection objects easily accessible to the scientific community.

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