Latest posts tagged with #evolutionsmuseet on Bluesky
Congratulations to my student Ivan who's been carefully registering and labeling all of our #reindeer and #moose specimens in the #MuseumofEvolution collections! (and we have a lot in Uppsala so this was not easy). #Evolutionsmuseet
Amazing perfectly preserved trilobite "cemetery" from the mid-Silurian (430 Mya), recently acquired in our paleontological collections🇸🇪. #evolutionsmuseet #museumofevolution
Never tired of being amazed by the birds of paradise from Papua New Guinea 🤩This is a male 'Arfak astrapia', living in the Arfak mountains in West Papua. Very little is know about its biology and behavior. #evolutionsmuseet #museumofevolution
Evolutionsmuseet Knuthenborg on facebook: What Makes the World’s Best Dinosaur Museum? It’s not just about the fossils—it’s about what’s coming next! Big Joe, our world-class Allosaurus skeleton, has been a showstopper, offering incredible insights into the life of a 9-meter-long predator from the Late Jurassic. Now, as the museum prepares for something big, we’re making room for a thrilling new arrival! 🦖✨ Here’s a look at Big Joe in all his glory before the big move. Isn’t he magnificent? Stay tuned next week as we document this once-in-a-lifetime transition—you won’t want to miss what’s coming next!
Denmark's #Evolutionsmuseet Knuthenborg, home to the famous #Lokiceratops fossils and the 97%-Complete Camarasaurus, appears to be readying itself for yet another key specimen...
The original announcement was posted 5 days ago, so we may expect to hear news very soon...
The Russian #desman is semiaquatic mole with webbed feet and flattened tail. It lives in western Russia and Ukraine but according to a 2020 report, only 6,000 are left in the wild! This specimen from the 19th century belonged to #Thunberg, a student of Linnaeus. #evolutionsmuseet #museumofevolution
Today, a small Swedish🇸🇪 whale 🐋 skeleton came back to the collections after >100 years loan! Yes, it can happen 🙂 On the picture, you can see the skull being transported. #evolutionsmuseet #museumofevolution
Nothing beats some sponge DNA 🧬 sequence comparisons on a Wednesday morning 👨🔬 (and for the connoisseur, this is the cytochrome oxidase I gene, the most widely gene used for sponge molecular identification). #museumofevolution #evolutionsmuseet
Found in our museum collections a #viper snake from Greece that had been preserved in ouzo! #museumofevolution #evolutionsmuseet
It's that time of the year when Darwin is put on top of the tree 😊 #evolutionsmuseet #museumofevolution
