Door 14: Mediterranean monk seals, out of the blue
It was just a week ago, while waiting to embark on a plane, that I received a very unexpected news: a Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) has been sighted... Read more.
Door 2: All I want for Xmas is …the largest animal on the planet
While working in the Museum collections, I came across a small cardboard box containing few scattered bones. In that moment, I found kind of amusing that such a... Read more.
Group of the month, August: Rough sharks (Genus Oxynotus)
Drawing a shark could be fun, so why not following a step-by-step tutorial for it? As many suggest, let`s start by deconstruct your soon to be shark in simple geometrical... Read more.
Door 20: Looking at the past to understand the future of Leopard Seals
Cover picture by Sue Flood Last time, I wrote about how glacial-isolation caused the divergence of a small population of ringed seals in the Ilulissat Icefjord,... Read more.
Door 9: Divergence by isolation in Marine Mammals – the case of Kangia ringed seals
Cover: Picture by Greenland Institute of Natural Resources When I need to take a break from work, I often stroll around the Oslo Natural History Museum. Zoological... Read more.
The 2024 Master, PhD and PostDoc Days at the Natural History Museum Oslo
In their daily work early career students and scientists are usually very busy with generating and interpreting data for their scientific projects. But it is equally... Read more.