Stories from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: the research institute, the collections and the museum with the largest Dinosaur Gallery in EU.
Brussels, Belgium
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We are leaving X 👋🏼🚨
💙Follow us now on Bluesky and celebrate with us the 200th anniversary of the iguanodons. 🎂🦕
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The call for the 2025 – 2026 #EMBracingtheOcean artist-in-residence programme is open! We are looking for #artists to co-create work with Ocean scientists to embrace connection to the Ocean, inspire behaviour towards sustainability & contribute new insights to science 🎨
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[Wild❓] 🦊 An exhibition to experience during the Christmas holidays! What is “savage”? Untouched nature, an untamed animal, or a mirror for humanity?
Expo Wild❓ ➡️ naturalsciences.be/en/museum…
#naturalsciencesbelgium #sauvage #wild #brussel #bruxelles #exhibition #exposition
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Last hours to register to the Be.DiSSCo-FED event of Dec, 20th.
Hosted at @nat_sciences_be, #CETAF will be there with @botanicgarden01, @UMons, @africamuseumbe, @ULiegeResearch and @belspo!
Read and join here 👇
cetaf.org/elementor-11213/
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The floods in Valencia have shown how devastating natural disasters can strike urban areas. How resilient are our cities to climate change and other threats such as earthquakes or floods? Watch the docu Cities Under Pressure youtube.com/watch?v=ICDcvxIU… @GSBelgium @EuroGeoSurveys
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Discover the wonders of the Congo Basin!
From vibrant plants to rare wildlife, 742 new species have been unveiled between 2013 and 2023😯
RT to show your love for our planet’s incredible biodiversity!
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Your favorite dinosaur? 🦖
✨Dinosaurs capture the imagination of both young and old ✨In our Dinosaur Gallery, every fossil tells a unique story
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In SWiM, we join forces with 5 research, policy & industry partners to fine-tune the combi of floating solar & wind in the 🇧🇪 North Sea in an ecologically sustainable way. 👉 tinyurl.com/2prmttrc
@ENGIEInnov @BlauweCluster @EnergyVille @KU_Leuven @uhasselt
📷 KU Leuven 2023
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Institute of Natural Sciences Belgium retweeted
🛫 Enhancing aviation safety with BopCo's species identification services
🪽 We identify the biological remains collected from bird strike incidents (collision between aircraft and birds). Bird strikes can endanger passengers and crew as they can cause damage to aircrafts.
ALT Alauda arvensis, A Eurasian Skylark in Syddanmark, Denmark. By Ómar Runólfsson - CC BY 2.0 DEED
![Carduelis cannabina by Arnstein Rønning, [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons](/pic/orig/media%2FGdYbnIMWoAACKZs.jpg)
ALT Carduelis cannabina by Arnstein Rønning, [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
![Buteo buteo By Mark Medcalf [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons](/pic/orig/media%2FGdYbnIpX0AA8FJ8.jpg)
ALT Buteo buteo By Mark Medcalf [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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[FOCUS] Plant or animal? Although their appearance is deceptive, #crinoids are indeed animals with a calcareous skeleton.
Crinoids have existed since the Cambrian. Severely affected during the Permian-Triassic extinction, they were back in full force during the Mesozoic.
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Alongside sponges and shells, crinoids made up the main diet of larger animals such as gastropods, ammonites, and crustaceans.
Even today, crinoids still cover the sea floor.
Come and discover this sublime #fossil of a sea lily @nat_sciences_be: naturalsciences.be/en/museum…
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#sciencenews Researchers @nat_sciences_be and @UniofOxford have found the oldest evidence of livestock whose #horns were deliberately deformed. Ancient Egyptians forced the corkscrew-shaped horns of sheep, which naturally grow sideways, to stand upright naturalsciences.be/en/scienc…
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Over 50 Natural History Museums and Botanical Gardens across Europe were gathered in Madrid to reinforce collective action to combat biodiversity loss and geodiversity degradation: cetaf.org/cetaf56/ @eurotaxonomy
“To make an impact on the global stage, our voice must be unified" 📢 That was the highlight made by Edwin Van Huis, CETAF's President, in the first #CETAF56 Director's Summit. Check out the details of the meeting, hosted by the @mncn_csic in Madrid 👉cetaf.org/elementor-11025/
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Jana Hoffmann, CETAF (@eurotaxonomy): “Our institutions hold invaluable collections and conduct essential research, forming the foundation of our fight against biodiversity loss”. cetaf.org/cetaf56/
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📢 Only a few days left! Join us 4th Dec at @nat_sciences_be in #Brussels, to explore how urban geology shapes cities' resilience🌍
🎬 Exclusive documentary premiere
🧠 Interactive quiz
🎤 Expert panel
🚨 Register now: eurogeosurveys.org/event/cit…
#ClimateChange #EGSUrbanGeology
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#sciencenews Les anciens Égyptiens déformaient les cornes de moutons. Ils forçaient les cornes en tire-bouchon, qui poussent naturellement vers les côtés, à se dresser vers le haut. naturalsciences.be/fr/scienc… #naturalsciencesbelgium #hierakonpolis #Egypte
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#sciencenews Oude Egyptenaren vervormden hoorns van schapen. Ze forceerden de kurkentrekkervormige hoorns, die van nature zijwaarts groeien, tot ze kaarsrecht stonden: naturalsciences.be/nl/wetens… #naturalsciencesbelgium #hierakonpolis #Egypte
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Le porphyre belge a pavé le monde
@EuroGeoSurveys | @GSBelgium | @nat_sciences_be
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