How should I publish my digital fossil? Recommendations for the publication of comprehensive 3D datasets in palaeontological studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @daniajinn.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social @dfg.de @datadryad.bsky.social #FossilFriday

¡Viva 𝘊𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘢! 🦎 New #research suggests that Spiny-tailed Iguanas on Clarion Island in #Mexico, previously considered invasive species and planned to be eradicated, are part of the native fauna and should be protected! 🌎 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 📸 Daniel G. Mulcahy

🐸 Rare fossils from Tanzania have revealed the oldest known ancestors of modern frogs found in Africa, dating back to the Jurassic period. 🦴 These specimens were discovered in the Tendaguru Formation. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.175525 @mfnberlin.bsky.social

Toads without tadpoles? Some give birth to fully developed young! 🐸 Researchers discovered new species from #Tanzania using specimens from our wet collection, some over 120 years old. Their habitats are rapidly disappearing. 🌍 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/vz.7... 📸 M. Menegon (1, 2), J. V. Lyakurwa (3)

All eyes on #CitizenScience! 👀 Nominations are open for the 2026 "Wissen der Vielen" research award. Researchers at German institutions can be nominated by others or nominate themselves until 7 April. 🤝 🔗 Submit here: bit.ly/citizen-scie... 📸 Sandrino Donnhauser 🧵 1/2 #science #sciencenews

What did the North Sea and Baltic Sea ecosystems look like over 100 years ago? Researchers from Ecologic Institute visited the @mfnberlin.bsky.social to study historical specimens and collections that help reconstruct past #MarineBiodiversity and ecological baselines. More: www.ecologic.eu/20377

A second species of the rare ant genus Ishakidris in Peninsular Malaysia has been discovered, providing new data on a group previously known from just one specimen. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.99.166509 @mfnberlin.bsky.social #newspecies #ants

Ever wondered what our #micrometeorites look like up close, in color? This composite shows optical close-ups of FLUX samples captured by Dr. Thilo Hasse from @mfnberlin.bsky.social! Thanks, Thilo & the MfN, for these amazing results! More of their work: www.micrometeorites.org @amgc-vub.bsky.social

Male bats have a lot to say – and every voice is unique! 🦇 A new study reveals 14 distinct call types in male greater mouse-eared bats, allowing us to distinguish individuals acoustically and helping to better protect their mating roosts. 🌍 🔗 bit.ly/fighting-and... @berlinbatlab.bsky.social

Exzellente partizipative Forschung verdient Anerkennung & Sichtbarkeit! Erneut lobt unser Projekt mit:forschen! deshalb den Wissen der Vielen – Forschungspreis für Citizen Science aus 🏆 Gesucht werden wissenschaftliche Publikationen. Einsendefrist: 7. April 2026 www.mitforschen.org/ein-preis-fu...

New study alert! Female Daubenton’s bats foraging at the cold edge of their range take turns using the same feeding spots at different times of night, thus reducing competition and helping them cope with the cold. Read the full story here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A long-hidden coral collection – now visible across Germany! 🪸 In 1967, a team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin travelled to the coast of #Cuba to extract an entire reef. The plan failed – but they returned with ~50 crates of coral (8–10 tonnes!). 🧵 1/2 📸 Mick Vincenz

Das @mfnberlin.bsky.social sammelt eure Stimmen zur Wasserzukunft in Berlin und Brandenburg. Wir unterstützen das Projekt rund um den #Masterplan Wasser Berlin. Euer Beitrag zählt: Kommt vorbei, bringt euch ein. Auch online: Auf naturderdinge.de könnt ihr euer Wasserobjekt hochladen.

When #science meets polarised #public issues, communication matters. In #encore, we dedicate a full chapter to shifting conditions of #scicomm, public trust & #democracy. Featuring @jeah.bsky.social + impact from #KAPAZ strengthening resilience to #hostility. ✨ Explore chapter: www.hiig.de/encore/

Chancengleichheit bei Leibniz - Heute wie an jedem Tag! Unsere Institute beschäftigen sich in in unterschiedlichen Formaten das ganze Jahr über mit dem Thema Chancengleichheit. Schaut auf ihren Kanälen vorbei - einen kleinen Auszug der Aktivitäten findet ihr in den Slides. Happy #WomenInScienceDay ❤️

Cosmic particles on the rooftops of #Berlin! ✨ Since 2018, Thilo Hasse researches #micrometeorites, now as a guest scientist at the museum. He also contributed to our #CitizenScience project "Cosmic dust on Berlin's rooftops". His new book shares the methods behind it! 🔬 🔗 bit.ly/urbane-mikro...

#SuperbOwl @mfnberlin.bsky.social

Collaboration across continents! 🌏 Together with the #SIGNIFY team (Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum), we digitised 397 specimens from #Singapore, incl. 40 types. 🇸🇬 Highlights: 🐦 black hornbill 🐱 leopard cat (CR nationally) 🦐 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘦 (nationally extinct) Full data online soon! 🌐

Artenschutz zum Hinhören: 14 Lauttypen, individuelle „akustische Fingerabdrücke“ & saisonale Muster bei der Fledermausart Große Mausohren.🦇 Lisa Printz zeigt im #DBUstipendium @mfnberlin.bsky.social, wie Bioakustik hilft, Paarungsquartiere zu erkennen www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/museum/me...

Cats’ purrs reveal who’s who better than their meows! 🐈 A new study shows: purrs carry more stable individual signatures than meows. Meows are more flexible, especially in human-cat communication. 👥 ▶️ How meows cluster by species in acoustic space 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #science #cats

💧Das #Wasser und Wir👉Wie sichern wir Berlins Wasserzukunft? Bevölkerungswachstum, #Klimakrise und #Kohleausstieg stellen die Versorgung vor neue Herausforderungen. Zwei kostenlose Veranstaltungen im #Naturkundemuseum. ℹ️ sohub.io/6rbc #VHSBerlin @mfnberlin.bsky.social @bwassertisch.bsky.social

When #amber becomes a time machine! ⏳ Fossilised resin can preserve insects and #plants for millions of years. These inclusions act as time capsules of Earth’s history – and as valuable sources of knowledge for #research. 🧵 (1/3) #science #sciencenews

Wie steht es um die biologische Vielfalt in und um unsere Trinkwasser-Reservoire – und wie können Bürger*innen zur Forschung beitragen? In der digitalen Mittagspause von mit:forschen! gibt Julia Flister vom @mfnberlin.bsky.social Einblicke in „IQ Wasser”. ℹ️ www.mitforschen.org/veranstaltun...

Did you know uranium was discovered in #Berlin? 🤔 In 1789, chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth identified a new element in pitchblende – #uranium. The samples are part of our collection. A new museum book tells this and many more stories! 📘 📅 Book event on 28 January, 18:00 🔗 bit.ly/uranentdeckung

Happy birthday, #Wikipedia! 🎉 To mark its 25th anniversary, we share 25 openly licensed images on #Wikimedia Commons. The specimens shown here highlight only a small part of this diversity. 🔗 View more: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped... 📸 Eran Wolff (1, 3), Bernhard Schurian (2)

How does 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 shape public engagement? 📍 The collaborative encyclopedia "Place in Engagement" explores how spaces and encounters influence collaboration and knowledge exchange. 🤝 🔗 zenodo.org/records/1796... 📸 Thomas Rosenthal #publicengagement #openscience #science #sciencenews

Delegation of @leibnizlib.bsky.social #Bonn visiting @mfnberlin.bsky.social the lab of @rudolf-meier.bsky.social sneaking in rapid #biodiversity methods... 😎

Mapping myriapods of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: @mfnberlin.bsky.social - over 15,000 myriapod records reveal historical areas of collecting activity from Germany, the Balkans and the Alps to Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. See the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....

We wish you a peaceful Christmas season! ✨ The barn owl’s flight is almost silent. In winter, snow absorbs sound – we hardly hear them. Yet they listen with great precision. A reminder for this time of year: less noise, more attention, better listening! 🦉🌱

Von wegen „kopflos“! Neue Transkriptomdaten bringen neue Erkentnisse zum reichlich komplexen Nervensystem der #Stachelhäuter! Mehr dazu im Editorial von Larissa Tetsch: www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3... #laborjournal #lifesciences #echinodermata #seeigel #evolutionsbiologie

For my current project, I’ve been rummaging (gently) around the collections of large cats at the @mfnberlin.bsky.social. There’s some really exciting stuff there, from ancient labels to named zoo cats and interesting pathologies. Big thanks to the people here for the opportunity & their support! 🐯🦁🐆

Biodiversität ist kein Luxus! Sie ist die Grundlage für Klimastabilität, Ernährung und Gesundheit. Leibniz Biodiversität @pik-potsdam.bsky.social & seine Mitglieder @mfnberlin.bsky.social & @sgn.one berichten bei @table.media über wissenschaftliche Erkenntniswege in die Praxis.🔗 tinyurl.com/2bjpst6c

Thriving #biodiversity! 🐌 An international team led by #mfnberlin documented 116 snail species in Vietnam's Cuc Phuong National Park – 47 likely new to #science! Up to 184 species may live there, making it a global hotspot for terrestrial snails. 🌏 🔗 bdj.pensoft.net/article/1632... 📸 K. v. Oheimb

Evaluation isn't just spreadsheets – it shows what our research really changes! 🌍 This training helps you build practical, creative approaches to measuring impact. Expert Anastasia Voloshina shares insights from five years with the BROMACKER Project. 🦎🔨 🔗 Register here: winoda.de/en/event/pub...

Ein Mistkäfer zum Anfassen: Im @mfnberlin.bsky.social können blinde ebenso wie sehende Besucher:innen mit einem responsiven Käfermodell interagieren, das bei Berührung Audioinhalte abspielt. Mehr dazu auf #MAKURA: makura.de/diskurse-ana...

Was können Wissenschaften und Forschungsmuseen zur Stärkung der Gesellschaft beitragen? 👉 Heute am WZB in der Reihe "Wissenschaft, natürlich!": Präsidentin Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln & Johannes Vogel, Generaldirektor @mfnberlin.bsky.social, im Gespräch. Kommt gerne vorbei: www.wzb.eu/de/veranstal...

Unpacking legal narratives in natural history ⚖️ Heritage & Justice is a digital colloquium exploring how legal and ethical frameworks shape natural history collections and their colonial legacies. 🌍 📅 Next session: 12 Nov, 13:00–14:00 CET 💻 Open to all via Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/3Ly2k1G 📸 P. Castagnola

Researchers discover an "all-body brain" in sea urchins - @mfnberlin.bsky.social www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/museum/me...

Guess who's back! 🦇 55 years missing: An international team led by the museum rediscovered the Turkestan long-eared bat in the Karakum Desert. Endemic species like 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 reveal how life adapts – and why protecting unique habitats matters. 🌏 📹 Christian Dietz #biodiversity #bats

(Not so) Happy Halloween! 🦇🐀🎃 Researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin documented brown rats catching #bats in mid-air at Segeberger Kalkberg, Northern Germany. A rare look at invasive species impacting urban wildlife. 🌍 @berlinbatlab.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

✈️ Last week, we made the journey to the Colombian capital of Bogotá for the #LivingData 2025 conference! 👀 Find out how FORSAID partners from @pensoft.net and @mfnberlin.bsky.social left their mark at the event: 🔗 forsaid.eu/news/living-... #Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

10 years of Berlin Science Week! 🎉 This weekend, the festival kicks off with the CAMPUS at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin – free entry for everyone! Discover science up close with talks, workshops & hands-on formats. 🧠 👉 Full programme: berlinscienceweek.com 📸 Falling Walls

🔦 Our coverage of #LivingData 2025 continues with a spotlight on our partner Prof. Dr. Rudolf Meier from @mfnberlin.bsky.social! 🐞 One of the event's keynote speakers, he delivered a presentation on technological innovation in the context of biodiversity discovery.

💭 Can a museum think like a start-up? Explore how culture and tech can develop business models together – join our workshop at #BerlinScienceWeek CAMPUS next week at mfnberlin! 🧠 📅 Sat. / 01.11.2025 / 13:00–15:00 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4hpYDa9 📸 Credits: Györgyi Kovács

Explore what happens to soil during and after a wildfire! 🔥 Join our #art and #science workshop "Soil, wildfires and biological remediation” with Margherita Pevere, in collaboration with #mfnberlin researchers Katharina and Parm von Oheimb! 🐌 🗓️ Sat, 25 Oct, 14:00 to 18:00 🔗 bit.ly/soil-wildfires

Rudolf Meier paraphrases a post from @rdmpage.bsky.social : as ~ 2/3 of the records in GBIF are birds, @gbif.org is primarily a Global Bird Information Facility. To correct this bias, we need to focus on the “ugly” biodiversity. 🪰 🪱 🪳 🦟 @mfnberlin.bsky.social #LivingData2025 x.com/rdmpage/stat...

@svmering.bsky.social shares how @mfnberlin.bsky.social is digitally cataloguing and digitizing its vast natural history collection of approximately 30 million objects and building a #Wikidata knowledge graph connecting taxa, specimens, people, places, publications, and events. #LivingData2025 🧪 🔗

The tiniest things run the planet – and the tiniest details make a difference! 🪰 Researchers from #Brazil, Singapore and Germany collected fungus gnats in #Singapore and found 120 species – 115 new to #science! 🌏 Among them: 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪 and 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘬. 🧵 (1/2) #sciencenews

Long before the dinosaurs, #insects were already eating their way through leaves! 🌿 #Fossils from Thuringia reveal the world’s oldest insect plague – 295 million years old. Understanding global change thanks to natural history collections! 🌍 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #science #sciencenews

Im #netzwerknaturwissen denken Menschen aus Wissenschaft, Kultur, Initiativen und Museen gemeinsam über eine gestaltbare und nachhaltige Zukunft für #Berlin nach. Gestern hatte ich das Vergnügen, in der Leibnitzgemeinschaft neben dem @mfnberlin.bsky.social dort mitdenken zu können. Ich finde, … 1/2