Group of the month: Nemertea
This month’s group of animals on the spotlight are nemerteans, also known as ribbon worms, vermiform creatures belonging to the phylum Nemertea. They include ... Read more.
Door 15: Improving marine biodiversity assessments by sampling larvae
Another paper I really enjoyed reading this year was “Sampling multiple life stages significantly increases estimates of marine biodiversity”, published las... Read more.
Door 2: Can distinction lead to extinction in birds?
Although I am working almost exclusively with marine invertebrates, one of my favourite papers this year was about birds. Hughes et al. (2022) set a quite ambit... Read more.
Group of the month: Spaghetti worms (Annelida, Terebellidae)
Text and pictures by Maël Grosse Among all the worm-like animals in the sea, polychaetes, or bristle worms, are probably the most diverse and striking group. T... Read more.
Group of the month: Acoela
Suddenly it’s already November, so let us introduce another cool animal in the FEZ blog. This time you can learn about an enigmatic little-known group: the ac... Read more.
How to spend summer in Norway: fieldwork on the west coast
Summer is here, so it’s time for the Artsdatabanken project team to go back to the field. Or to the sea, in our case. After driving 500km from the east to the... Read more.
Animal of the month: Phylum Nematomorpha
By Liepa Adomaityte Many of us would agree that planet Earth is filled with incredible beauty, and the flora and fauna we observe are breathtaking. However, in ... Read more.
International Seasons Greetings
Christmas is just around the corner, so it’s time to open the last door of our advent calendar. We hope you enjoyed this year’s wrap up. 2021 was a demandin... Read more.
Out of all things, why marine invertebrates?
By now, everyone knows that a lot of us in FEZ are working with marine invertebrates. But why? Aren’t these just weird worms that do nothing but crawl on the ... Read more.
Meet the critters from the Artsdatabanken project
After introducing the Artsdatabanken project and telling about our summer collection trips (Trøndelag and Oslo), it is time to present the six invertebrate gro... Read more.