Ever wondered what our #micrometeorites look like up close, in color? This composite shows optical close-ups of FLUX samples captured by Dr. Thilo Hasse from @mfnberlin.bsky.social! Thanks, Thilo & the MfN, for these amazing results! More of their work: www.micrometeorites.org
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
Male bats have a lot to say – and every voice is unique! 🦇
A new study reveals 14 distinct call types in male greater mouse-eared bats, allowing us to distinguish individuals acoustically and helping to better protect their mating roosts. 🌍
🔗 bit.ly/fighting-and...
@berlinbatlab.bsky.social
Exzellente partizipative Forschung verdient Anerkennung & Sichtbarkeit! Erneut lobt unser Projekt mit:forschen! deshalb den Wissen der Vielen – Forschungspreis für Citizen Science aus 🏆 Gesucht werden wissenschaftliche Publikationen. Einsendefrist: 7. April 2026
www.mitforschen.org/ein-preis-fu...
New study alert! Female Daubenton’s bats foraging at the cold edge of their range take turns using the same feeding spots at different times of night, thus reducing competition and helping them cope with the cold.
Read the full story here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The collection soon slipped into obscurity. Now it’s re-emerging: around two thirds of our Cuban corals are on public display nationwide – with a new diorama in the making. ✨
See them:
• Bundeskunsthalle Bonn ⬆️
• Humboldt Lab, Humboldt Forum #Berlin ⬇️
• upcoming in #Stralsund
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📸 Philipp Plum
A long-hidden coral collection – now visible across Germany! 🪸
In 1967, a team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin travelled to the coast of #Cuba to extract an entire reef. The plan failed – but they returned with ~50 crates of coral (8–10 tonnes!). 🧵 1/2
📸 Mick Vincenz
Das @mfnberlin.bsky.social sammelt eure Stimmen zur Wasserzukunft in Berlin und Brandenburg. Wir unterstützen das Projekt rund um den #Masterplan Wasser Berlin. Euer Beitrag zählt: Kommt vorbei, bringt euch ein. Auch online: Auf naturderdinge.de könnt ihr euer Wasserobjekt hochladen.
When #science meets polarised #public issues, communication matters. In #encore, we dedicate a full chapter to shifting conditions of #scicomm, public trust & #democracy. Featuring @jeah.bsky.social + impact from #KAPAZ strengthening resilience to #hostility.
✨ Explore chapter: www.hiig.de/encore/
Chancengleichheit bei Leibniz - Heute wie an jedem Tag! Unsere Institute beschäftigen sich in in unterschiedlichen Formaten das ganze Jahr über mit dem Thema Chancengleichheit. Schaut auf ihren Kanälen vorbei - einen kleinen Auszug der Aktivitäten findet ihr in den Slides. Happy #WomenInScienceDay ❤️
Cosmic particles on the rooftops of #Berlin! ✨
Since 2018, Thilo Hasse researches #micrometeorites, now as a guest scientist at the museum. He also contributed to our #CitizenScience project "Cosmic dust on Berlin's rooftops". His new book shares the methods behind it! 🔬
🔗 bit.ly/urbane-mikro...
#SuperbOwl @mfnberlin.bsky.social
Collaboration across continents! 🌏
Together with the #SIGNIFY team (Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum), we digitised 397 specimens from #Singapore, incl. 40 types. 🇸🇬
Highlights:
🐦 black hornbill
🐱 leopard cat (CR nationally)
🦐 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘦 (nationally extinct)
Full data online soon! 🌐
Artenschutz zum Hinhören: 14 Lauttypen, individuelle „akustische Fingerabdrücke“ & saisonale Muster bei der Fledermausart Große Mausohren.🦇 Lisa Printz zeigt im #DBUstipendium @mfnberlin.bsky.social, wie Bioakustik hilft, Paarungsquartiere zu erkennen www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/museum/me...
Cats’ purrs reveal who’s who better than their meows! 🐈
A new study shows: purrs carry more stable individual signatures than meows. Meows are more flexible, especially in human-cat communication. 👥
▶️ How meows cluster by species in acoustic space
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#science #cats
💧Das #Wasser und Wir👉Wie sichern wir Berlins Wasserzukunft? Bevölkerungswachstum, #Klimakrise und #Kohleausstieg stellen die Versorgung vor neue Herausforderungen. Zwei kostenlose Veranstaltungen im #Naturkundemuseum.
ℹ️ sohub.io/6rbc
#VHSBerlin @mfnberlin.bsky.social @bwassertisch.bsky.social
3D models of fossil flowers help reconstruct past ecosystems. Such findings provide analogues to better understand how tropical biomes may respond to ongoing #climatechange. 🌏
Simon’s doctoral research was awarded the museum’s von Pawel-Rammingen Doctoral Thesis Award! 🏆 (3/3)
📸 2023 Beurel et al.
For his PhD, Simon Beurel (see above) studied fossil flower inclusions in 15-million-year-old amber from #China. Using X-ray imaging, he identified two previously unknown species of the tree genus 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮. 🌳 (2/3)
📸 2023 Beurel et al.
When #amber becomes a time machine! ⏳
Fossilised resin can preserve insects and #plants for millions of years. These inclusions act as time capsules of Earth’s history – and as valuable sources of knowledge for #research. 🧵 (1/3)
#science #sciencenews
Wie steht es um die biologische Vielfalt in und um unsere Trinkwasser-Reservoire – und wie können Bürger*innen zur Forschung beitragen?
In der digitalen Mittagspause von mit:forschen! gibt Julia Flister vom @mfnberlin.bsky.social Einblicke in „IQ Wasser”.
ℹ️ www.mitforschen.org/veranstaltun...
Did you know uranium was discovered in #Berlin? 🤔
In 1789, chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth identified a new element in pitchblende – #uranium. The samples are part of our collection. A new museum book tells this and many more stories! 📘
📅 Book event on 28 January, 18:00
🔗 bit.ly/uranentdeckung
Happy birthday, #Wikipedia! 🎉
To mark its 25th anniversary, we share 25 openly licensed images on #Wikimedia Commons. The specimens shown here highlight only a small part of this diversity.
🔗 View more: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
📸 Eran Wolff (1, 3), Bernhard Schurian (2)
How does 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 shape public engagement? 📍
The collaborative encyclopedia "Place in Engagement" explores how spaces and encounters influence collaboration and knowledge exchange. 🤝
🔗 zenodo.org/records/1796...
📸 Thomas Rosenthal
#publicengagement #openscience
#science #sciencenews
Delegation of @leibnizlib.bsky.social #Bonn visiting @mfnberlin.bsky.social the lab of @rudolf-meier.bsky.social sneaking in rapid #biodiversity methods... 😎
Mapping myriapods of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: @mfnberlin.bsky.social - over 15,000 myriapod records reveal historical areas of collecting activity from Germany, the Balkans and the Alps to Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.
See the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
We wish you a peaceful Christmas season! ✨
The barn owl’s flight is almost silent. In winter, snow absorbs sound – we hardly hear them. Yet they listen with great precision. A reminder for this time of year: less noise, more attention, better listening! 🦉🌱
Von wegen „kopflos“!
Neue Transkriptomdaten bringen neue Erkentnisse zum reichlich komplexen Nervensystem der #Stachelhäuter! Mehr dazu im Editorial von Larissa Tetsch:
www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3...
#laborjournal #lifesciences #echinodermata #seeigel #evolutionsbiologie
For my current project, I’ve been rummaging (gently) around the collections of large cats at the @mfnberlin.bsky.social. There’s some really exciting stuff there, from ancient labels to named zoo cats and interesting pathologies. Big thanks to the people here for the opportunity & their support! 🐯🦁🐆
Biodiversität ist kein Luxus! Sie ist die Grundlage für Klimastabilität, Ernährung und Gesundheit.
Leibniz Biodiversität @pik-potsdam.bsky.social & seine Mitglieder @mfnberlin.bsky.social & @sgn.one berichten bei @table.media über wissenschaftliche Erkenntniswege in die Praxis.🔗 tinyurl.com/2bjpst6c
Thriving #biodiversity! 🐌
An international team led by #mfnberlin documented 116 snail species in Vietnam's Cuc Phuong National Park – 47 likely new to #science! Up to 184 species may live there, making it a global hotspot for terrestrial snails. 🌏
🔗 bdj.pensoft.net/article/1632...
📸 K. v. Oheimb
Evaluation isn't just spreadsheets – it shows what our research really changes! 🌍
This training helps you build practical, creative approaches to measuring impact. Expert Anastasia Voloshina shares insights from five years with the BROMACKER Project. 🦎🔨
🔗 Register here: winoda.de/en/event/pub...
