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July

Petbook
These snakes can actually devour humans (J. Hallermann, LIB, 9 July 2026)

June

Rheinische Anzeigenblätter
Art competition: Focus on nature (Museum Koenig, Bonn, 29 June 2026)
arte Magazine
In Bloom and Forgotten (K. Schmidt-Loske, June 2026)
arte TV
Flower Power: Dutch Women Painters in the 17th Century (K. Schmidt-Loske, June 2026)
Astro Geo
Episode 140: From carnivore to flower lover: the evolution of bees (U. Kotthoff, 18 June 2026)
General-Anzeiger
These summer holiday activities are available for children and young people: Holiday programme at Museum Koenig (18 June 2026)
Bonner Duett
André Koch (Museum Koenig) on Bonner Duett (17 June 2026)
TIDE TV Hamburg
Culture tip – Museum der Natur Hamburg – Mineralogy – Hamburg, always different! (S. Peters, 17 June 2026)
WDR Aktuelle Stunde
Ouch! Which stinging creatures cause what kind of pain? (H. J. Krammer, Museum Koenig Bonn, 15 June 2026, mins 34:00–37:50)
natur.de
A gift from the deep sea: new family of crabs discovered (N. Mercado Salas, LIB, 12 June 2026)
Bayern 2
Laughter Lab: When lightning strikes the sea, why don’t all the creatures in the water die? (T. Moritz, Museum der Natur Hamburg, 12 June 2026)
life PR
Third Rainforest Conference: School pupils develop ideas for a sustainable future – nationwide (LIB, 12 June 2026)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Is the entire project at risk? Agreement on the Elbtower is delayed (Hamburg Natural History Museum, 5 June 2026, print edition 6 June 2026, pp. 1 + 13)
Marburger Magazin Express
On the trail of moths ( Lepmon, LIB, 5 June 2026)
WEB.DE
Snakes are increasingly being spotted swimming off a popular holiday island (A. Haas, LIB, 5 June 2026)
NR-Kurier
Biodiversity Day in Unkel’s Bürgerpark (R. Moenikes-Peis, LIB Museum Koenig Bonn, 2 June 2026)
Hafencity Zeitung
“More courage to take calculated risks!” (Natural History Museum, Hamburg, 1 June 2026)
SPIEGEL Wissenschaft
Snakes that do not belong there are now swimming in the sea off Ibiza (A. Haas, LIB, 1 June 2026)

May

Rheinische Anzeigenblätter
Museum Mile Festival 2026: The Cultural Mile in festival mode (Museum Koenig, Bonn, 26 May 2026)
General-Anzeiger
Alexander Koenig threw a Nazi out of his museum in 1936 (A. Koch, Museum Koenig Bonn, 24 May 2026)
Web.de
New spider species mimics a parasitic fungus (N. Dupérré, LIB, 19 May 2026)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Culture tips: Invisible heroes: ‘Planet A’ exhibition showcases the power of biodiversity ( Museum der Natur Hamburg, 8 May 2026)
Bonner Duett
Bernhard Misof (LIB) on Bonner Duett | What’s happening at the Museum Koenig? ( 6 May 2026)
Der Westen
Mother’s Day in North Rhine-Westphalia: These day-out ideas are sure to bring a smile(Museum Koenig, Bonn, 5 May 2026)
WDR
‘Rhein in Flammen’: Animal rights activists voice criticism (T. Toepfer, Museum Koenig Bonn, 4 May 2026)
SPIEGEL Wissenschaft
Does beer help against slugs? (M. Glaubrecht, LIB, 3 May 2026)
eap-Magazin.de
‘Mythos Wald’ at the Gasometer in Oberhausen (Museum Koenig Bonn, 1 May 2026)

April

DIE ZEIT
“Worms are like little aliens” (A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, Museum der Natur Hamburg, 29 April 2026)
Tagesschau
How amateur researchers help science (LIB, 25 April 2026)
Spektrum der Wissenschaft
Earth Day 2026: Why we fail to properly recognise species extinction (Ch. Scherber, LIB, 22 April 2026)
detektor.fm
“Mission Energiewende – The Climate Podcast”: Why we fail to properly recognise species extinction (Ch. Scherber, LIB, 21 April 2026)
ZEIT Elbvertiefung
Hamburg’s natural history collections (T. Moritz, LIB, 20 April 2026)
NDR Hamburg Journal
Hamburg tips: Long Night of Museums (Museum der Natur Hamburg, 16 April 2026)
Die Presse
“In Europe, I felt as though I’d been transported back to the Stone Age” (B. Misof, LIB, 17 April 2026)
Spektrum der Wissenschaft
Mimicry: Spider disguises itself as a zombie fungus (N. Dupérré, LIB, 9 April 2026)

March

Bayern 2 / ARD Podcast
IQ – Science and Research: Jellyfish Invasion – Are the Seas Turning into Jelly? (A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, Hamburg Museum of Natural History, 28 March 2026)
NDR
Hamburg City Parliament debates the future of the Elbtower (Natural History Museum, 26 March 2026)
New York Times
‘The Last of Us’ on Eight Legs: A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorian Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself (N. Dupérré, Museum der Natur Hamburg, 20 March 2026)
WAZ
New exhibition at the Gasometer: You’ll feel as though you’re standing in a forest (Giant stag specimen on loan from the Museum Koenig, Bonn, 18 March 2026)
SPIEGEL Wissenschaft
Who’s that beeping? (Interview with T. Töpfer, LIB, 7 March 2026)
NDR Hamburg Journal
Elbtower: Tough negotiations – extensive redesigns (Natural History Museum, 6 March 2026)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Positive preliminary planning approval for scaled-down version of the Elbtower – “major milestone” (Natural History Museum, 2 March 2026, print edition 3 March 2026, pp. 1 + 9)
Hamburger Abendblatt
What will become of Hamburg? Peter Tschentscher on Science City and dreams of an Alster swimming pool (Natural History Museum, 2 March 2026, print ed. pp. 1 + 12/13)
Rheinische Anzeigenblätter
21st Eschmar Nature Photography Days: Wonderful photos and informative talks (1 March 2026)

February

DIE ZEIT
Hamburg podcast “Elbvertiefung”: Treasures worth millions in back rooms (Museum der Natur Hamburg, 27 February 2026, 22 mins)
NDR DAS!
Zoologist Prof. Matthias Glaubrecht on the Red Sofa (Museum der Natur Hamburg, 26 February 2026)
DIE ZEIT
A new home for Antje (Hamburg Museum of Nature, print edition 26 February 2026, Hamburg, p. 2)
WDR
Tracking Bonn’s wildlife with AI (A. Kirse, K. Dittrich, LIB, 19 February 2026)
WDR Lokalzeit from Bonn
Using AI to boost biodiversity (A. Kirse, K. Dittrich, LIB, 19 February 2026, from 7:40)
Studio interview with Ameli Kirse (from 11:40)
EurekAlert!
A treasure trove of data on worms in Europe’s seas (J. Moore, Museum der Natur Hamburg, LIB, 16 February 2026)
General-Anzeiger
Where those who aren’t keen on carnival can find refuge in Bonn and the surrounding region (Museum Koenig Bonn, 15 February 2026)
WDR Lokalzeit from Bonn
Invasive animal species are a burden on the Rhein-Sieg district; studio discussion with Ralph Peters, Museum Koenig (10 February 2026, from 12:03)
energiezukunft
EU plans to authorise pesticides indefinitely (commentary by Ch. Scherber, LIB, 10 February 2026)
WDR 5 Westblick – LatestNews
A night at the Museum Koenig (3 February 2026)
RiffReporter
The Cobra Express: Are Indian venomous snakes travelling as stowaways on trains? (D. Parmar, LIB, 2 February 2026)

January

SPIEGEL Science
King cobras could inadvertently spread across India – by train (D. Parmar, 31 January 2026)
Tagesschau
Pesticide residues affect soil micro-organisms (Ch. Scherber, LIB, 28 January 2026)
GEO
Dark Taxa: The hidden wealth of species (R. Peters, LIB, No. 2, 26 January 2026)
Hamburger Abendblatt
New hotel operator found for the Elbtower – and a new completion date (Hamburg Natural History Museum, 23 January 2026)
General-Anzeiger
Whistles, stones, books: what and who Bonn is seeking sponsors for (Museum Koenig Bonn, 15 January 2026)
General-Anzeiger
Researcher prefers to drink her coffee in the “Bonner Savanne” (V. Rduch, 6 January 2026)
Tagesschau
Bones tens of thousands of years old: Giant deer from Bonn goes on a journey (T. Gerken, 5 January 2026)
WDR3 Mosaik
When animal skeletons go on a journey (T. Gerken, 5 January 2026)

2025

December

WDR Aktuelle Stunde
The Christmas tree lives on (B. Rulik, 9 December 2025)
NDR Hamburg Journal
New Natural History Museum: Why the Elbtower of all places? (9 December 2025)
WELT
The Elbtower is to become the Evolutioneum (M. Glaubrecht, 4 December 2025)
Immobilien Zeitung
The Elbtower is due to be completed by the end of 2029 (Natural History Museum, LIB, 4 December 2025)

November

Tagesspiegel
Bird flu is becoming increasingly dangerous: the epidemic that humankind created itself (M. Glaubrecht, LIB, 29 November 2025)
SR
CITES Conference on Species Conservation (Interview with Dr Dennis Rödder, LIB, 26 November 2025)
General-Anzeiger
Pictures from the special exhibition at the Museum Koenig (‘Highlights’, 22 November 2025)
General-Anzeiger
How the ‘Highlights’ exhibition at the Museum Koenig is taking shape (20 November 2025)
FOCUS online
Researchers want to count all the animals and plants in Germany – and you can help (“Unbekanntes Deutschland”, B. Misof, 11 November 2025)
WDR 5
Curiosity is enough – Freifläche: An animal archive in a deep-freeze tank (J. Astrin, LIB-Biobank, 7 November 2025)
SR3
The scorpion in the shopping bag (D. Harms, Museum der Natur Hamburg, 4 November 2025)

October

Hafencity Zeitung
Elbtower: How ‘Little Olaf’ doubles in size (Evolutioneum, October 2025, print edition 11 November 2025)
nature
Fish stocks in the Elbe severely depleted (J. Theilen, LIB, 1 October 2025)

September

tagesschau
Long-term study: 90 per cent fewer fish in the Elbe estuary (J. Theilen, LIB, 30 September 2025)
taz
Almost no fish left in the Elbe estuary (J. Theilen, LIB, 30 September 2025)
NDR Hamburg Journal / NDR 90.3
Long-term study: 90 per cent fewer fish in the Elbe estuary (J. Theilen, LIB, 29 September 2025)
SZENE Hamburg
Second Rainforest Conference: Over 300 enthusiastic participants (LIB, 28 September 2025)
General-Anzeiger
DAAD Foundation: Research to combat wildlife trafficking (A. Mozer, LIB, 27 September 2025)
BILD
Elbtower plinth set to cost up to 550 million euros (Natural History Museum, 26 September 2025)
SPIEGEL Wissenschaft
Arachnophobia: How to keep spiders out of your bedroom (D. Harms, LIB, 25 September 2025)
Tagesspiegel
The Wadden Sea is under pressure: are wind farms also altering this sensitive ecosystem? (M. Glaubrecht, LIB, 18 September 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Potential buyer sets out new timetable for the Elbtower (Natural History Museum, 17 September 2025)
NDR Hamburg Journal
What’s next for the Elbtower? (Natural History Museum, 16 September 2025)
SAT1 Regional
Hamburg Parliament’s Budget Committee discusses the Elbtower (Natural History Museum, 16 September 2025)
Mopo
Will whales really save the Elbtower? The pros and cons (Natural History Museum, 14 September 2025)
NDR Talk Show
Spider researcher Danilo Harms (Museum der Natur Hamburg, 12 September 2025)
WDR Aktuelle Stunde
Mosquitoes like beer and sex (B. Rulik, Museum Koenig, Bonn, 11 September 2025)
Mopo
Hundreds of millions of euros: the city now seems set to get properly involved with the Elbtower (Natural History Museum, 8 September 2025)
WDR 5 Quarks – Science and more
Elaborate nature documentaries – Are they of any benefit to science? (Ch. Scherber, Museum Koenig Bonn, from min. 40:29 under “Why amateur sportspeople often give up – wet wipes – appeal”)
General-Anzeiger
New buildings for the Museum Koenig and the university almost complete (Poppelsdorf, 6 September 2025)
BILD
Is the Elbtower in Hamburg now being scaled down? (Natural History Museum, 6 September 2025)
Deutschlandfunk Nova
Spiders in the home: they want to be with us (H. J. Krammer, 5 September 2025)
NDR Hamburg Journal
Mural for biodiversity (InUrFACE, LIB, from 15:20, 4 September 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Oops! What lies behind the new XXL mural in Eimsbüttel (InUrFACE, LIB, 4 September 2025, print edition 6 September 2025, p. 15)
Eimsbütteler Nachrichten
Bringing the museum to the streets: a new mural with special significance (InUrFACE, M. Herberstein, LIB, 4 September 2025)

August

General-Anzeiger
Why escaped snakes come as no surprise (D. Rödder, Museum Koenig Bonn, 22 August 2025)
WDR Lokalzeit
Report on the ‘Heupferdchen’ followed by an interview with Karsten Stehr (from 17:13, 19 August 2025)
General-Anzeiger
The political history of the ‘Bundesgiraffe’ dates back to the colonial era (A. Koch, Museum Koenig Bonn, 4 August 2025)

July

scinexx.de
Sauropod diets revealed (E. Tschopp, LIB, 31 July 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Meteorite sensation: Rare iron chunk from space found (LIB, 30 July 2025)
Fisch&Fang
How research can protect corals (LIB, 29 July 2025)
Die Linde.
How can the resilience of coral reefs be specifically strengthened? (S. Lemer, LIB, 28 July 2025)
natur
Krautschau: Walking through the city with open eyes (N. Nöske, LIB, 24 July 2025)
WDR Aktuelle Stunde
Mosquitoes: An age-old battle with new weapons (Museum Koenig Bonn, X. Mengual, 20 July 2025)
GEO
Study: Too hot to mate: Climate change threatens angel sharks (LIB, 20 July 2025)
SPIEGEL Wissenschaft
Study on an endangered species: Too hot to mate: Climate change threatens angel sharks (LIB, 20 July 2025)
Tagesspiegel
Too hot to reproduce: Climate change threatens angel sharks (LIB, 20 July 2025)
WDR Lokalzeit from Bonn
Child researchers behind the scenes at the Museum Koenig (from 04:10, 16 July 2025)
shz
Hamburg’s open wound: What the standstill at the Elbtower means for the city ( Natural History Museum, 14 July 2025)
Rheinische Anzeigenblätter
Art competition: Children’s art on display at the Museum Koenig (10 July 2025)
Hamburger Morgenpost
Work on the Elbtower at a standstill: Here’s why nothing more will happen until New Year’s Eve! (Natural History Museum, 10 July 2025)
taz
Natural History Museum to save the Elbtower (10 July 2025)
BILD
Hamburg plans to invest around 500 million euros in the Elbtower – as rent for a new Natural History Museum (9 July 2025)
SAT1 regional
Site search: New Natural History Museum to be housed in Hamburg’s Elbtower in future? ( 7 July 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Elbtower: Future depends on this key tenant (Natural History Museum, 3 July 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
G+J site: This new attraction could move to the Baumwall (Natural History Museum, 1 July 2025, print edition 2 July 2025, pp. 1 + 8)

June

WDR Lokalzeit from Bonn
Invasive species: “Introductory day” in Unkel (featuring a studio interview with B. Misof, 23 June 2025, from 16:46)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Natural History Museum: How the move to the Elbtower could work (23 June 2025, print pp. 1 + 7)
DIE ZEIT
“They’re having sex on a bungee cord” (Interview with M. Glaubrecht, Museum der Natur Hamburg, 12 June 2025, pp. 11–13)
NDR Kultur
40,000 woolly corals: How a museum is recreating the seabed (Hamburg Museum of Nature, 9 June 2025)
WELT
A project destined for success (Hamburg Museum of Natural History, 8 June 2025)

May

WDR
Free admission to the Museumsmeile festival in Bonn (M. Beck, Museum Koenig Bonn, 30 May 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
An unusual exhibition in HafenCity: Crocheting against climate change (Museum der Natur Hamburg, 27 May 2025, print edition 3 June 2025, p. 27)
Kabinett
Bonn Museum Mile Festival 2025 | Free programme & ‘Summer of Change’ on 31 May – 1 June (Museum Koenig Bonn, 23 May 2025)
General-Anzeiger
What visitors can expect at the “Summer of Change” cultural festival (Museum Koenig, Bonn, 23 May 2025)
Hamburg Magazin
Special exhibition “Corals” at the International Maritime Museum (Museum der Natur Hamburg, LIB, 23 May 2025)
General-Anzeiger
Why mosquitoes love the current weather (B. Rulik, Museum Koenig Bonn, 10 May 2025)

April

NDR
24,000 people attend the Long Museum Night in Hamburg (Interview with M. Rahn at the Museum der Natur Hamburg – Zoology, 27 April 2025)
shz
Exhibition at the Maritime Museum showcases a crocheted coral reef (Museum der Natur Hamburg, 23 April 2025)
! CORRECTIV
No, solar parks do not generate enough heat to kill birds and insects (Ch. Scherber, 22 May 2025)
Tagesschau
Birds in the city are more colourful (B. Misof, 22 April 2025)
National Geographic
The extinct shadow wolf returns – or does it? (A. Suh, LIB, 12 April 2025)

March

Hamburger Abendblatt
Following Kühne’s doubts about the Elbtower – consortium remains confident (Natural History Museum, 31 March 2025, print edition 1 April 2025, p. 7)
National Geographic
‘Big Boy’: This eight-legged creature is thought to be the world’s most venomous spider (LIB, D. Harms, 31 March 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
What Kühne’s doubts mean for the future of the Elbtower (Natural History Museum, print pp. 1+7, 31 March 2025)
NDR
Kühne: Hamburg’s Elbtower could remain a ruin (Natural History Museum, 29 March 2025)
Radio Bonn/Rhein-Sieg
Regional Council provides funding for three Bonn museum projects (Museum Koenig Bonn, 24 March 2025)
Eimsbütteler Nachrichten
Long Night of Museums 2025 (Museum der Natur Hamburg, 18 March 2025)
BILD
New uncertainty surrounding the Elbtower building site: How many square metres are to be leased for the Museum of Nature? (17 March 2025)
Deutschlandfunk
Insect decline: agriculture has a greater impact than the weather (Ch. Scherber, LIB, 13 March 2025)
Riffreporter
“We’re still at stage zero” (Krefeld study: New debate on insect decline in Germany, Ch. Scherber, LIB, 13 March 2025)

February

NDR Hamburg Journal
Hamburg Tips: Special exhibition “People Make Museums” (Anne Merker, 20 February 2025)
Eimsbütteler Nachrichten
Special exhibition at the Museum der Natur: “People Make Museums” (19 February 2025)
DIE ZEIT
Oriole: The call of the sun-yellow rain cat (Museum Koenig, Bonn, 19 February 2025)
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Don’t be afraid of more nature (C. Scherber, LIB, 18 February 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Free & indoors: these eight attractions in Hamburg are free (Museum der Natur Hamburg, 17 February 2025)
DIE ZEIT
The kingfisher – a gem that can fly (Museum Koenig Bonn, 12 February 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Prospective buyer of the Elbtower acquires other Signa properties – in the city centre (Natural History Museum, 11 February 2025, print p. 7)
Hamburger Abendblatt
How the Kühne Opera could also help drive forward the Elbtower (Natural History Museum, 8 February 2025, print edition 10 February 2025, p. 9)
DIE ZEIT
A stinking beauty with a crown (Museum Koenig, Bonn, 5 February 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
New opposition to Kühne’s opera dream: “Unacceptable” (Natural History Museum, 4 February 2025, print edition “New State Opera: Contract signing cancelled” 5 February 2025, p. 25)
Hafencity Zeitung
Election debate / Interview with Tschentscher / Fegebank / Thering (Natural History Museum, February 2025 issue)
ARD/WDR
Local News from Bonn: Studio discussion: Bernhard Misof, Director of the Museum Koenig, Bonn (from 12:23, 3 February 2025)

January

General Anzeiger
How a stolen butterfly found its way back to Bonn (Museum Koenig Bonn, A. Koch, 31 January 2025)
General Anzeiger – YouTube
True Crime from Bonn & the surrounding area – The Rhineland File: The Stolen Butterfly (Museum Koenig Bonn, A. Koch, 30 January 2025)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Carsten Brosda: “I believe we can pull off the opera” (Natural History Museum, 30 January 2025, print edition 31 January 2025, pp. 12–13)
Hamburger Abendblatt
Elbtower: Will the Natural History Museum’s move go ahead? (25 January 2025, print edition 27 January 2025, p. 10)

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