Door 19: New paper out: Insight into the phylogeny of the intertidal beetle genus Aegialites (Coleoptera, Salpingidae).
Published in Zoologica Scripta: link here. The paper named “Insight into the phylogeny of the intertidal beetle genus Aegialites (Coleoptera, Salpingidae)“,... Read more.
Door 10 – Species delimitation
In this blog post, I wish to write about species delimitation. What it is and methods we have to delimit species from each other. Species delimitation — what it... Read more.
Door 6: Taxonomy – past and present
Introduction Taxonomy is the science of classifying, naming, and describing organisms based on shared characteristics. The classification of living things, has its... Read more.
Group of the month July – Phoronida
This month, I wish to present a very beautiful invertebrate phyla, namely Phoronida – also known as Horseshoe worms. The phylum is fairly small, with... Read more.
Door 13: The diversity of tasks for a PhD-student at NHM
Today is the 13th of December, as today I have chosen a different aspect of “diversity” namely the diversity of tasks a PhD-student at the Natural History museum... Read more.
Door 2: Mitochondrial genomes and why they are so great
The mitochondria is the organelle within the cell which is regarded as the cells “power house”. This is because they play a crucial role in energy production... Read more.
FEZ group retreat September 2023
Our group went in the beginning of September on a three day social retreat to the beautiful city in southern Norway, namely Kristiansand. The purpose of this trip... Read more.
Beetle hunt in Japan – spring 2023
One of the best things with being a PhD-student at the Natural History Museum is the chance to do fieldwork. Most of our group members are doing fieldwork regularly... Read more.
Group of the month: Hydrozoa
This month at the blog, we wish to present Hydroza, which is a class found within phylum Cnidaria. This lesser-known taxa is perhaps more known than thought, as... Read more.
Group of the month: Phylum Bryozoa
Here at our blog, we will keep writing posts about our current projects, but we’ll also start a new blog series; group of the month. To kick start the new year... Read more.