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.
Group of the month: Nudibranchs
This month, I would like to present something different from my usual worms: the nudibranchs (order nudibranchia), otherwise known as sea slugs. They are not an... Read more.
Door 17: Small flower but important plant
For today’s advent blog post, I would like to do something a little bit different. Continuing on the theme of biodiversity, climate and environment I would like... Read more.
Door 3: How exactly did dinosaurs go extinct?
For this year’s advent calendar, we have decided to focus on biodiversity, climate and environment. In relationship with climate change and the biodiversity crisis... Read more.
Group of the Month: Syllidae (Annelida)
On the blog this month, it’s time to for me to present another family of polychaetes. I will take a few steps away from my usual tentacles adorned critters to... Read more.
Group of the month: Feather duster worms (Annelida, Sabellidae)
This month it is time for another group of polychaetes, the family Sabellidae. Sabellids are present from intertidal to abyssal marine waters all around the world... Read more.
Door 19: A mysterious crustacean
For my second entry in our advent calendar, I will again present a taxonomic paper. This time it is surprisingly not about worms, but about a rather intriguing group... Read more.
Door 7: New day, new species
One of my favourite papers this year is, logically, about two of my favourite topics: taxonomy and worms. In this paper, Lavesque et al. revise the family Terebellidae... 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. This... Read more.