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Chameleons armored with skin and bone Printer-friendly version

[26.05.2020] (Bonn, 26.05. 2020) Scientists from Bonn, in collaboration with colleagues from Munich, Cologne and Bremen, discovered peculiar spiny bones in the skin of a Malagasy leaf chameleon. These bones grow within the skin along the animal‘s flanks and legs and are assumed to spoil the appetite of predators. The results are now published in the "Journal of Morphology".
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Bonn is worth a trip for sure

[09.04.2020] Bonn is worth a trip for sure - one reason are the unique exhibitions of the Museum Koenig. Unfortunately the museum is closed and you have to wait until the exhibitons open again.
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Alle Veranstaltungen aus der Reihe „Wir lesen vor" und die Abendvorträge sind bis auf weiteres abgesagt

[13.03.2020] All events of the series "We read aloud" and the evening lectures are cancelled until further notice.
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Das Museum Koenig bleibt am 12. März geschlossen

[20.02.2020] Due to an internal event the Museum Koenig is closed on Thursday, 12th of March 2020.In return we will grant free admission on 13th of March 2020.
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The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity

[20.11.2019] A team of 24 scientists from Germany (predominantly from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity), Australia, China, and the USA have explored the phylogeny and evolution of beetles using genomic data of an unprecedented scale: 4,818 genes for 146 species, and 89 genes for 521 species representing all major lineages.
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Butterflies and plants evolved in sync, but moth 'ears' predated bats

[23.10.2019] A new study examines these classic hypotheses by shining a light on the early history of Lepidoptera, the order that includes moths and butterflies. Using the largest-ever data set assembled for the group, an international team of researchers created an evolutionary family tree for Lepidoptera and used fossils to estimate when moths and butterflies evolved key traits. Their findings show that flowering plants did drive much of these insects' diversity.
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New bat genus from West Africa

[15.10.2019] The Bonn zoologist Jan Decher and his team collected bats during an environmental impact assessment in a rainforest in Guinea in 2008, which have now been described by a group of authors from Bonn and Eswatini as part of a revision as a new genus and species Parahypsugo happoldorum.
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Biodiversity_next Workshop: Pan-European Biodiversity Monitoring

[11.10.2019] Under the leadership of Dr. Livia Schäffler from @MuseumKoenig the “Biodiversity_next workshop: pan-European Biodiversity Monitoring“ of the European Biodiversity Monitoring Group will be hosted in Leiden – Netherlands - from October 20th to 21st 2019.
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The ZFMK is closed on 30th of August

[30.08.2019] The ZFMK is closed on 30th of August
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Bioblitz in Georgia

[05.08.2019] Impressions from Bioblitz in Georgia can be seen here. The video is mostly taken in Georgian, but there are also English contributions, so from. Dr. Marianne Espeland. An area of great biodiversity is analyzed in detail in international cooperation.
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