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Citizen Science receives a significant boost
2023.09.19 -
We are renovating the paths in the Botanical Garden
2023.05.10 -
New revelations about an ancient fish: the secret to swimming upside down
2022.08.23 -
The mystery of the type collections
2022.08.22 -
Perspiration and an ingenious suspension prepared early humans for the yellow jersey
2022.07.22 -
A romantic evening is not held in the Botanical Garden
2022.05.31 -
10 new species of parasitic wasps found in amber collection
2022.04.13 -
How new bird species arise
2022.03.10 -
Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after dinosaurs went extinct
2022.03.08 -
Video from the Natural History Museum of Denmark selected as one of the most beautiful stories on the internet
2022.01.14 -
New study maps how new bird species are formed in New Guinea
2022.01.13 -
166 new fungal species found in Denmark for the first time
2021.12.08 -
Large research grant for the study of living and fossil plants
2021.09.15 -
Meet our new curators
2021.07.13 -
Natural History Museum of Denmark joins the Global Coalition for Biodiversity
2021.03.04 -
Digital nature: Giant grant makes the natural history collections of Denmark accessible to everyone
2021.02.26 -
Toxic diatoms found off Antarctica
2021.02.18 -
Pioneering work on birds was 20 years in the making
2020.12.15 -
From rooftop dweller to vigorous globetrotter: Researchers discover the secret of how moss spreads
2020.11.10 -
Dane wins prize in world-famous photo exhibition
2020.10.14 -
World-Famous Photography Exhibition Comes to the Natural History Museum of Denmark
2020.10.05 -
The ability to trace animals from birth to death
2020.09.11 -
METEORITES – A Journey Through Time and Space
2019.08.08 -
Houseplants ability to survive drought can provide useful knowledge for the climate change era
2019.08.06 -
Danish researchers confirm that narwhals and belugas can interbreed
2019.06.20 -
The narwhal’s surprising survival strategy: a million years of extremely low genetic diversity
2019.05.02 -
Professor Nina Rønsted new head of research and nature conservation at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii
2019.04.26 -
FASHIONED FROM NATURE: New exhibition explores the relationship between nature and fashion
2019.04.09 -
New research about biodiversity accumulation in deep time reveals the importance of climate on today’s abundance of life
2019.04.04 -
Danish-Austrian research team discovers 44 new moth species
2018.11.29 -
Massive impact crater from a kilometre-wide iron meteorite discovered in Greenland
2018.11.14 -
New organizational affiliation for Natural History Museum of Denmark
2018.11.02 -
Fish give up the fight after coral bleaching
2018.10.22 -
The Natural History Museum of Denmark receives DKK 166 million for new exhibitions
2018.09.11 -
Standing in solidarity with the National Museum of Brazil
2018.09.05 -
TALENT Doctoral Fellowship Programme
2018.08.13 -
Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible “Hothouse Earth” state
2018.08.06 -
The Fungi Classification Challenge
2018.05.02 -
New DNA screening reveals whose blood the vampire bat is drinking
2018.04.20 -
Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation
2018.03.14 -
Horse origins turned upside-down
2018.02.22 -
Ancient genome study identifies traces of indigenous “Taíno” in present-day Caribbean populations
2018.02.21 -
Archaeological Research Day
2018.01.18 -
Carsten Rahbek is running as candidate for IPBES's Expert Panel
2018.01.12 -
Scientists Discover 18 New Spider-Hunting Pelican Spiders
2018.01.11 -
Dr. Juliette Fritsch, new Head of Exhibitions and Visitor Experience at the Natural History Museum of Denmark
2018.01.03 -
Present-day Greenland glacier retreat among fastest ever recorded
2017.12.18 -
EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 %
2017.11.22 -
Leading researcher in evolution to be bestowed with an honorable doctorate
2017.11.14 -
Danish islands - an overlooked reservoir of insect genetic diversity?
2017.10.27 -
Small beetles provide insights about ancient arctic rainforests
2017.10.23 -
Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding
2017.10.05 -
Danish museum discovers unique coffee plants in the collections
2017.10.03 -
European bird ringers gathered in Copenhagen
2017.09.13 -
An eased way to monitor invasive crayfish
2017.06.27 -
Grants for bold research ideas
2017.06.23 -
Critical gaps in our knowledge of where infectious diseases occur
2017.06.16 -
Oldest orchid fossil found
2017.04.27 -
New Danish research collaboration will investigate effects of climate change on snail-borne parasites
2017.01.30 -
Myth busted: No link between gigantic asteroid break-up and rise in biodiversity
2017.01.24 -
DKK 17 million to investigate island bird communities and subterranean biodiversity
2017.01.23 -
How do people choose what plants to use?
2017.01.23 -
Routes of migratory birds follow today’s peaks in resources
2017.01.04 -
Katherine Richardson among the 15 scientists to draft UN Report on Sustainable Development
2017.01.04 -
The shape of a bird’s wing determines where it lives
2016.11.30 -
A Hunt for the Greenlandic sled dog’s Soul
2016.11.23 -
DNA study unravels the history of the world’s most produced cereal
2016.11.18 -
Earliest greenlanders had whale for dinner
2016.11.08 -
Fossils reveal approaching relocation of plants on Earth
2016.10.31 -
First phylogenetic hypothesis of horse stomach bot flies
2016.10.05 -
Animals in human altered areas have higher risk of extinction
2016.09.29 -
A 54-million-year-old roller-like bird from the Danish Mo-Clay
2016.09.27 -
Dr. Hannes Schroeder to lead new HERA research project
2016.09.05 -
Humans artificially drive evolution of new species
2016.06.29 -
Professor Nathan Sanders awarded prestigious research grant
2016.05.13 -
Coral mass spawning triggered by seasonal rises in ocean temperature
2016.05.10 -
Cooling climate and oceanographic changes main drivers behind great mass extinction event
2016.04.27 -
Greenland mud to ensure the world's food supply
2016.04.26 -
Better data needed to stop sixth mass extinction
2016.04.21 -
Thomas Pape elected as President of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
2016.03.30 -
21,500 types of flowering plants have been registered and scanned and are available on the internet
2016.03.30 -
UNESCO supports new SNM project
2016.03.22 -
Changes to public engagement at the Natural History Museum of Denmark
2016.02.26 -
Dodos might have been quite intelligent, new research finds
2016.02.24 -
Large meteorite exhibited during the winter holidays
2016.02.15 -
Two giant grants from the EU to the Natural History Museum of Denmark
2016.02.12 -
Experts urge extreme caution on “rewilding” to save wild places
2016.02.09 -
Hummingbirds provide insight into food specialisation across the Americas
2016.02.03 -
DKK 14 million to investigate Ice Age Mammals and Exoplanets
2016.01.25 -
A predictive risk map for the nematode parasite Mansonella perstans in Uganda
2016.01.21 -
Deep-water ocean circulation may have awakened marine biodiversity
2016.01.06 -
The cuckoo sheds new light on the scientific mystery of bird migration
2015.11.20 -
The most vulnerable countries miss out on climate change knowledge
2015.11.04 -
Bugs collected on rooftop for 18 years reveal climate change effects
2015.11.02 -
European birdwatchers unravel how birds respond to climate change
2015.10.21 -
Kristine Bohmann receives prize for excellent PhD project
2015.09.21 -
Copepod migrations are important for the ocean’s uptake of CO2
2015.09.08 -
First ancient genome recovered from the Mediterranean area
2015.09.04 -
Africa’s secret rainforests revealed in new book
2015.09.03 -
Biodiversity belowground is just as important as aboveground
2015.09.02 -
The Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild in Malaysia
2015.08.20 -
Photo competition: Share your natural experience
2015.08.04 -
New strong research bonds with Borneo
2015.07.10 -
Free admission to the Geological Museum in July
2015.07.08 -
B10K - Toward decoding all bird genomes
2015.06.02 -
Claus Nielsen has been awarded the Linnean Medal for Zoology
2015.05.21 -
World’s first geoscience video channel
2015.04.20 -
New director of the Natural History Museum of Denmark
2015.03.20 -
Poorly preserved DNA from African slaves reveals their origins
2015.03.09 -
Greenland is melting – the past might tell what the future holds
2015.02.20 -
World’s governments are failing on protected areas for nature
2015.02.09 -
Fighting fish may drive global biodiversity patterns on coral reefs
2015.01.22 -
Atlas of Crustacean Larvae
2015.01.19 -
Four of nine planetary boundaries now crossed
2015.01.15 -
Professor Ib Friis retires, but the journey continues
2015.01.12 -
Earth’s Pb Paradox and Formation of the Moon
2015.01.09 -
Ancient maize followed two paths into the ancient Southwest
2015.01.08 -
Professor Carsten Rahbek appointed President
2015.01.08 -
Wild nature on campus
2015.01.05 -
Christmas present of the year: 550 m from private foundations ensures new museum of natural history.
2014.12.17 -
INTERNATIONAL TEAM MAPS "BIG BANG" OF BIRD EVOLUTION
2014.12.11 -
Vultures evolved an extreme gut to cope with disgusting dietary habits
2014.11.25 -
Scientists model the formation of the oldest known star in the Milky Way
2014.11.11 -
Ancient genomes show the European meta-population
2014.11.06 -
European Journal of Taxonomy #100
2014.10.28 -
More investment needed to reach international biodiversity targets by 2020
2014.10.03 -
Evolutionary tools improve prospects for sustainable development
2014.09.11 -
Danish museum discovers unique gift from Charles Darwin
2014.08.29 -
New DNA study unravels the settlement history of the New World Arctic
2014.08.28 -
Human pressure on land is increasing shows world map
2014.08.15 -
Danish satellite will monitor migrating birds
2014.06.16 -
Planet formation determined by the bulk chemical composition of stellar systems
2014.05.28 -
America’s only Clovis skeleton had its genome mapped
2014.02.12 -
Blue eyes and dark skin, thats how the European hunter-gatherer looked like 7,000 years ago
2014.01.26 -
Mining no shortcut for Greenland
2014.01.24 -
Misty the Dinosaur comes to Denmark
2013.12.13 -
The Human Animal wins European media prize
2013.11.23 -
The Human Animal shortlisted for prestigious prize
2013.06.11 -
Stinky giant plant can be experienced in bloom for the first time in Denmark
2012.06.21 -
More Earth-like planets in the galaxy
2012.06.13