The FEZ Advent Calendar 2022
By now it is already a good tradition for the FEZ group at the Natural History Museum Oslo to provide in December an advent calendar blog. In previous years, the... Read more.
Do we need to lobby more for invertebrate taxonomy and biodiversity?
Spiders, insects and even more so worms and wormlike invertebrates are often considered ugly and disgusting, at least unappealing, and sometimes even dangerous.... Read more.
Gnathostomulida, an obscure and often neglected phylum
Gnathostomuida, also known as “lesser jaw worms”, is a phylum of about 100 described species of minute marine worms. The first gnathostomulid was discovered... Read more.
Specimen fixation – how, and what for(malin)?
When an organism dies, it decomposes, whereby complex structures are broken down. Broadly following 5 to 6 stages, decomposition may be halted or accelerated at... Read more.
Scientists in Action (SNAC)
Black coffee but also cookies, nuts, chocolate and fruits – certainly highly appreciated ingredients to support lively scientific discussions. This is also... Read more.
Insights into bear evolution from a Pleistocene polar bear genome
A 130,000 to 115,000 years old polar bear jawbone fossil from Svalbard. Photo: Karsten Sund, Natural History Museum Oslo.... Read more.
Group of the month: Family Caprellidae
Spooky scary skeleton shrimp, send shivers down your spine, their appearance will shock your soul, but certainly don’t seal your doom tonight! Family Caprellidea,... Read more.
Research and Sustainability
There is increasing societal discussions on and measures against climate change and biodiversity loss, topics that touch the self-conception and tasks of natural... Read more.
Group of the Month: The Phylum Kinorhyncha
The phylum Kinorhyncha – often referred to as mud dragons – includes exclusively marine meiofaunal species. Meiofauna or meiobenthos comprises animals... Read more.
Genomic Diversity of endangered bowhead whales
The bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the East Greenland Sea, the Svalbard region and the Barents Sea (referred to as the East Greenland-Svalbard-Barents Sea... Read more.