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  2018.09.11

  The Natural History Museum of Denmark receives DKK 166 million for new exhibitions

  With a donation of DKK 166 million, the A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation … »

• 2018.09.05

  Standing in solidarity with the National Museum of Brazil

  On Sunday evening, a massive fire devastated the National Museum of Brazil. Founded 200 years ago, … »

• 2018.08.13

  TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme

  TALENT is a doctoral programme co-funded by the European Union, with 74 PhD scholarships in the … »

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  2018.08.06

  Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible “Hothouse Earth” state

  Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2°C may be more difficult than previously assessed. An … »

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  2018.05.02

  The Fungi Classification Challenge

  Develop the world’s best algorithm to identify fungi. … »

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  2018.04.20

  New DNA screening reveals whose blood the vampire bat is drinking

  The vampire bat lives up to its name. Its diet consists of blood, which it gets by biting animals … »

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  2018.03.21

  The environment determines Caribbean hummingbirds’ vulnerability

  Hummingbirds’ specialization and vulnerability are often predicted based on their physical traits. … »

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  2018.03.14

  Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

  In an article appearing in PLOS Biology on 14 March 2018, 184 taxonomists from 37 countries, … »

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  2018.02.22

  Horse origins turned upside-down

  The earliest archaeological evidence for horse domestication is found some ~5,500 years ago in the … »

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  2018.02.21

  Ancient genome study identifies traces of indigenous “Taíno” in present-day Caribbean populations

  A thousand-year-old tooth has provided genetic evidence that the so-called “Taíno”, the first … »