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127 at one blow...

[18.01.2017] From time to time one has notice from a single newly discovered species from the remote depth of oceans or of rain forests. However, how badly we know the life on Earth shows a work recently published in the "Bonn zoological Bulletin" by Dirk Ahrens und Silvia Fabrizi, scientists from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig – Leibniz-Institute for Biodiversity of animals (ZFMK) in Bonn. They discovered at one blow 127 new species of mini chafers (scarab beetles of the tribe Sericini) from the Indian subcontinent.
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Saving angels: new plan aims to conserve Critically Endangered Angelshark

[15.12.2016] An Action Plan to save one of the world’s most threatened shark species from extinction was today unveiled by a partnership of leading conservation organisations.
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Efficiency of insect biodiversity monitoring via Malaise trap samples and DNA barcoding

[01.12.2016] The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by expert citizen scientists proves the urgent need for new methods and standards for fast and wide-scale biodiversity assessments.
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Diaphragm much older than expected - scientists from Bonn (Germany) trace origin of the respiratory muscle to early pelycosaurs

[18.11.2016] “Evolution has brought up some weird animals, such as the caseids.” says Dr. Markus Lambertz, zoologist at the University of Bonn and the Museum Koenig. Caseids are “mammal-like” reptiles that lived about 300-250 million years ago. Especially the barrel-shaped trunk got Dr. Lambertz’ attention. How did these reptiles breathe? Exceptional joints impeded rib motility and allowed for only limited inhalation. Calculations revealed that the ventilatory system was not that effective, but still sufficient for a sedentary grazer.
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Special exhibition about "Wolfgang Hartwig" shown until October 10th 2016

[06.07.2016] This temporary display shows newer and recent work of Wolfgang Hartwig. His drawings detailing the shape of the objects in high resolution were used for the print of reputable and renowned bird books such as COLLINS Field Guide.Highlight of this small, but nice exhibition is an enormous mounted lion. The exhibition will run until October 10th 2016.There is no extra charge for this exhibition; the regular entrance fee (5 euros, reduced rate 2,50 euros) applies.
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Climate change will modify the global invasion potential of the African clawed frog

[31.05.2016] German scientists assessed the impacts of climate change for the global distribution of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis in collaboration with an international team. With the help of mathematical models the research found that the current populations in Europe will increase driven by the projected impact of climate change. The study was now published in the renowned journal PLoS One.
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New turtle discovered in Asia!

[06.04.2016] Researchers of the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany and the Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Dresden, Germany, who worked in close collaboration with scientists from the USA, Thailand, and Cambodia, recently discovered a new turtle species in northeastern Thailand which was subsequently described as Malayemys khoratensis, in the scientific journal PloS One.
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Dragons out of the dark: New species of Dragon Millipedes discovered in Chinese caves

[06.04.2016] (Bonn, 06.04.2016) Six new species of Chinese Dragon Millipedes, including species that live exclusively in caves, were recently described through international cooperation of research institutes from China, Russia and Germany. These cave species have unusually long legs and antennae, in one case resembling a stick insect, others appear ghosty white and are translucent. The study was published in the open access journal ZooKeys.
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An Attractive new Bat Species from West Africa

[27.01.2016] Between 2008 and 2012 researcher from Germany, The United States and Swaziland discovered the Isabelline White-winged Serotine during environmental impact assessments in the Simandou and Nimba Mountains of southeastern Guinea. The species occurs in relatively undisturbed rainforest areas that are part of iron ore mining concessions awarded to international mining companies. The biological surveys were designed to assess which rare animal and plant species occur on the mountains and provide data for planning the mining operation as environmentally sustainable as possible.
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A new family of Macrolepidoptera discovered

[21.07.2015] After a long time puzzling over the moth Pseudobiston pinratanai, scientists have now described the new moth family Pseudobistonidae. Stuttgart/Bonn 16.07.2015. A moth searching for its relatives: it may take many years from the discovery of a species and its scientific description to its systematic classification. For the moth family “Pseudobistonidae” it took 26 years of research. Now an international research cooperation with experts from the Natural History Museums in Stuttgart and Bonn (Germany) scientifically described the new family. The results of this study have been published in the scientific journal Scripta Zoologica.
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