ALGORITHM 2018.05.02 The Fungi Classification Challenge Develop the world’s best algorithm to identify fungi.
DIET DNA 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…
animals and plants 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,…
DNA 2018.02.22 Horse origins turned upside-down The earliest archaeological evidence for horse domestication is found some ~5,500 years ago in the…
genetic evidence 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…
2018.01.18 Archaeological Research Day Welcome to the first annual Archaeological Research Day at the University of Copenhagen!
2018.01.12 Carsten Rahbek is running as candidate for IPBES's Expert Panel 6th IPBES Plenary Assembly in Medellin, Colombia 17-24 March 2018. Professor Carsten Rahbek will be…
Madagascar 2018.01.11 Scientists Discover 18 New Spider-Hunting Pelican Spiders Madagascar is home to vast numbers of plant and animal species that exist only on the island, but…
MANAGEMENT 2018.01.03 Dr. Juliette Fritsch, new Head of Exhibitions and Visitor Experience at the Natural History Museum of Denmark It is with great pleasure that the Natural History Museum of Denmark now announces that Dr. Juliett…
smaller glaciers 2017.12.18 Present-day Greenland glacier retreat among fastest ever recorded A group of researchers led by Anders Bjørk from the National History Museum of Denmark, University…