What connects these animals? 🤔 ➡️ They are all amniotes! After vertebrates moved onto land, early amniotes evolved more diverse jaw forms and functions. New research suggests this helped exploit new food sources and niches, laying the foundation for today's diversity. 💡 🔗 peerj.com/articles/202...

From research to responsibility 🌍 A new Open Access volume by our Center for Humanities of Nature shares research, recommendations and reflections on colonial objects An invitation to dialogue, collaboration and institutional learning. 🤝 🔗 books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//arthistoric... 📸 Eran Wolff

Jetzt anmelden zum Campus Citizen Science 26 von mit:forschen! Im Fokus stehen Kompetenzen für partizipative Forschungsprozesse. Praxisnahe Workshops behandeln Haltung und Rolle, Zugangshürden, Moderation und den Umgang mit Konflikten. ℹ️&🎟️: www.mitforschen.org/campus-citiz... @mfnberlin.bsky.social

Das Leibniz-Professorinnenprogramm schafft Freiraum für Forschung, die auch mal länger braucht. Karin Effertz von der Leibniz-Geschäftsstelle und Mirjam Knörnschild vom @mfnberlin.bsky.social erklären, warum Planungssicherheit für Wissenschaft entscheidend ist. www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...

Why do bats approach wind turbines? 🦇 A new study suggests #bats may use turbines as mating "song perches". Their calls could also attract females – helping explain higher collision risks during mating season. 🎶 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

🐞 Millions of insect species are disappearing before they are even discovered. At the Berlin Museum of Natural History, a race against time is underway – with the help of AI. What role does AI play in this? 👇 @mfnberlin.bsky.social

Every fly counts

Millions of insect species are becoming extinct before they are even discovered. The Museum of Natural History in Berlin is using AI in a race against time.

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Join us in Berlin, 14 - 18 September 2026, to celebrate 100 years of German mammalogy with @mammalbiology.bsky.social. We'll be hosted by @mfnberlin.bsky.social and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo & Wildlife Research. Early Bird registration is open until May 31st! www.mammalian-biology.de/meetings/

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Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology 100th Anniversary of the DGS Berlin 14 - 18 September 2026

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Save the Date: Am 28. September 2026 lädt mit:forschen! zum Campus Citizen Science ins @mfnberlin.bsky.social ein (9:30–17:00 Uhr). Im Fokus steht, welche Kompetenzen – etwa in Kommunikation & Konfliktmanagement – für partizipative Forschung entscheidend sind. ℹ️ www.mitforschen.org/campus-citiz...

This week’s Micrometeorite Monday: a "large" S-type cosmic spherule (barred olivine, BO) recovered from the Sør Rondane Mountains! Its parallel striations are the signature feature of the BO subtype, the most common S-type! ☄️ Credit: Dr. Hasse (@mfnberlin.bsky.social) @amgc-vub.bsky.social

How can urban gardening support #biodiversity? 🌱 A new catalogue shows practical ways to create habitats for #plants, #insects and other #wildlife – from flowering areas to green façades and near-natural ponds. 🐝 #CitizenScience in action! 🤝 🔗 mediatum.ub.tum.de/1781539 🎨 Valentina Arros

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...

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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