Nature 2022.08.23 New revelations about an ancient fish: the secret to swimming upside down An after-hours trip to Aarhus University Hospital Skejby’s radiology department has shed light on a mysterious and ancient fish, one that remains one of the world’s rarest – the Coelacanth. Researchers from the…
new film 2022.08.22 The mystery of the type collections Behind the scenes of natural history museums, large rooms house thousands of specimens that are not on display. Some of these specimens have a special status: they have red labels attached to them. These so-called 'type…
Endurance 2022.07.22 Perspiration and an ingenious suspension prepared early humans for the yellow jersey Unparalleled endurance allowed Homo erectus to tire antelopes on the savannah two million years ago. Since then, our prehistoric genetics have been leveraged to compete in the world's toughest bike race. The Tour de…
New species 2022.04.13 10 new species of parasitic wasps found in amber collection Four years ago, the Natural History Museum of Denmark bought a large amber collection with help from three Danish foundations. Now it turns out that 10 insects, caught in a lump of resin between 35 and 45 million years…
Bird Life 2022.03.10 How new bird species arise Much of a centuries-old debate over where and how new bird species form has now been resolved. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have provided evidence that birds in mountainous areas – where the vast majority…
New Research 2022.03.08 Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after dinosaurs went extinct Danish and Swedish researchers have dated the enormous Hiawatha impact crater, a 31 km-wide meteorite crater buried under a kilometer of Greenlandic ice.
New Video 2022.01.14 Video from the Natural History Museum of Denmark selected as one of the most beautiful stories on the internet A new 360-degree video tells the marvelous story of a more than 180-year-old plant's journey from Mexico to the Palm House in the Botanical Garden. Now the video has been selected as one of the most beautiful tales on…
New research 2022.01.13 New study maps how new bird species are formed in New Guinea A new study from the Natural History Museum of Denmark changes the researchers' understanding of how new species form and how we best preserve rare and endangered species in the future.