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🧬 BopCo is contributing to the development of a reference DNA database of valuable collection specimens!

Did you know that the @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social in Brussels holds one of the 10 largest natural science collections in the world, with approximately 38 million specimens?
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June 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
toriherridge.bsky.social
62. Titanodula attenboroughi, a mantis endemic to the Annamite highlands of Vietnam

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Fig. 1. Titanodula attenboroughi sp. nov., holotype ♂ (RBINS). A,...
Download scientific diagram | Titanodula attenboroughi sp. nov., holotype ♂ (RBINS). A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, ventral view. C, head, frontal view. D, left prothoracic leg, anterior view. C...
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May 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
coastalpaleo.bsky.social
🧵OK it's time for some catch up on recent papers in marine mammal paleontology. First up, out yesterday - bite marks on dwarf baleen whale and a beluga from the early Pliocene (3-4 myo) of Belgium, Lambert et al. 1/ www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
Partial cranium of the balaenid Balaenella brachyrhynus Bisconti, 2005 A. RBINS M.2344 (Kattendijk Formation, Lower Pliocene; Vrasenedok, Belgium), right lateral view: photograph (A1), explanatory line drawing (A2), dorsal view: photograph (A3), explanatory line drawing (A4), posterodorsal (A5) and anterior (A6) views. B. NMB 42001 holotype (Kattendijk Formation, Lower Pliocene, Waaslandkanaal, Belgium), 3D model in right lateral (B1) and dorsal (B2) views provided for comparison. Grey shading indicates main parts covered with sediment; hatching, main break surfaces; red lines, shark bites marks; small blue spot, shark tooth tip interpreted as belonging to the bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788); red rectangles in A, the location of detailed photos shown in Figure 3; red rectangles in B, the corresponding preserved part in RBINS M.2344. Bite mark types (TI–V) follow Collareta et al. (2017a). Scale bars 100 mm. Fig. 4. A, C, D. Monodontid Casatia sp. (RBINS M.1922) from Kattendijk Formation, Lower Pliocene, Vrasenedok, Belgium. A. Partial cranium in dorsal view (A1), detail of the rostrum base in dorsal view: photograph (A2), explanatory line drawing (A3). C. Fragment of the occipital shield in posterior view: photograph (C1), explanatory drawing (C2). D. Proximal part of a single-headed rib in lateral view: photograph (D1), explanatory drawing (D2). B. 3D model of the cranium of the Recent beluga Delphinapterus leucas Pallas, 1776 (USNM 305071) in dorsal (B1) and posterior (B2) views; to indicate the position of the preserved parts (model downloaded from Phenome10k). Red lines, shark bites marks; small blue spot, shark tooth tip interpreted as belonging to the extinct lamnid shark Carcharodon plicatilis (Agassiz, 1843). Bite mark types (TI–V) follow Collareta et al. (2017a). Scale bars A1, B, 100 mm; A2, A3, C, D, 50 mm. Reconstructed bite sequence corresponding to the set of parallel bite marks observed on the occipital shield of the balaenid Balaenella brachyrhynus Bisconti, 2005 (RBINS M.2344). The shark tooth best matching the bite marks is the large (first) lower tooth of the bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (RBINS P.968, the Neogene of Antwerp). The proposed sequence includes: (I) contact of the principal cusp and at least five distal cusplets with the supraoccipital bone, followed by a movement of the shark’s jaws towards the right side of the whale cranium and at an angle with the tooth’s mesiodistal axis, (II) break of the tip of the principal cusp, with the tip remaining stuck in compact bone and related local broadening of the main bite mark, and (III) only the truncated principal cusp retains a contact with the bone, together with the more mesial part of the tooth crown, creating an additional mark posterior to the mark made by the principal cusp. The cranium of the holotype of B. brachyrhynus (NMB 42001) is shown in the same orientation to illustrate the position of the bite marks (red rectangle) and the direction of the bite. Large arrows, the proposed direction for the movement of the shark tooth; small arrows, the orientation of the whale cranium; red lines, shark bite marks; blue spot, broken shark tooth tip embedded in whale bone. Scale bar for the cranium 100 mm; interpretive drawings not to scale.
March 21, 2026 at 3:19 PM
fbertpaleo.bsky.social
The skull was prepared by Stephan Berton of RBINS in Brussels. When I saw the finalyzed specimen I was in awe! AN ALMOST COMPLETE SKULL (missing of left side and rostral portion and lower jaws) from a... IGUANODONTIAN FROM EARLY CREATCEOUS??? My Iguano-senses were screaming! 4/x
September 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
sheilaheymans.bsky.social
So excited for the @emarineboard.bsky.social 9th #EMBForum today at the Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences where we will discuss Coastal and Water Resilience at the land-sea interface. With @ipbes.net Chair David Obura as keynote speaker
#MarineLife! Follow @emarineboard.bsky.social for details
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April 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
Another important step forward for #CETAF 's coordinated project #TETTRIs: the 2nd All Hands Meeting will occur at RBINS starting tomorrow. Marie Vandewalle and @alettabonn.bsky.social within the guests! Check out the agenda here 👉 cetaf.org/elementor-11...

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January 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
tettrix.eu
Anne Demoisy, Independent Ethics Advisor, and Carole Paleco (RBINS) are reporting about how the ethics board is working to ensure ethical principles are respected in #TETTRIsEU.
January 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
sheilaheymans.bsky.social
Today I am at overlapping meetings in Brussels! Starting with the #LandSeaLot project meeting at the #RBINS Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Science - that has the most amazing dinosaur collection! It relates to the @emarineboard.bsky.social work on #EDITO in @surimi-project.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 7:37 AM
dis-oakenshield.bsky.social
Долгоиграющие треды небеса обетованные не жалуют, так что пробую главами покороче сразу.
Мой любимый музей в Бельгии — RBINS.

На фото их символ игуанодон Игги в исторической «позе кенгуру», которую изначально приписывали игуанодонам.
October 31, 2023 at 8:48 PM
tettrix.eu
#TETTRIsEU #AHM2 is almost ready to start at RBINS.

#taxonomy #biodiversity
January 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
coop4cbd.eu
We thank the organisers from @mnhn.fr, RBINS, @iucnmed.bsky.social and UNIA for making this event possible!
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
marinespecies.bsky.social
Today we are at RBINS, Brussels, for the @tettris.eu
All Hands Meeting.

Break-out session about the 3PP #iSedge this afternoon

@pjimmej.bsky.social

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January 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
geolbeljournal.bsky.social
Out now in #GeologicaBelgica! A taxonomic revision and new elasmobranch records 🦈 from the middle Lutetian Maldegem Formation near Brussels, published by De Schutter & Steurbaut #RBINS #openaccess

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December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
geolbeljournal.bsky.social
New paper out! 🔬📝🌊🐬 Lambert et al. @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social report on a Middle Miocene dolphin cranium from the southern North Sea found in an excavation at the city centre of #Antwerp #openaccess

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Upper part of the figure: Partial cranium of Kentriodon cf. Kentriodon pernix RBINS M.2340, lower Langhian of Antwerp (Belgium), in right lateral (A) and left lateral (B) view. C. Cranium of Kentriodon pernix USNM 10670, Burdigalian of Maryland (USA), in right lateral view, based on 3D model downloaded from Phenome10k. Stippled lines for suture lines. Scale bar = 100 mm. Lower part: Partial cranium of Kentriodon cf. Kentriodon pernix RBINS M.2340, lower Langhian of Antwerp (Belgium), in ventral view (A) with detail of two in situ maxillary teeth in ventromedial view (B, C). Stippled lines for suture lines interpreted based on preserved suture marks. Scale bar for A = 100 mm. Sampled section of the temporary outcrop Delhaize Plantin, northern wall along the Plantin en Moretuslei, Antwerp (northern Belgium). A. Unit 1 (Kiel Member, Berchem Formation), Unit 2 (Antwerpen Member, Berchem Formation, where the kentriodontid specimen RBINS M.2340 was found), and Units 3–4 (Quaternary deposits). Scale bar = 1 m. B. Detail of the boundary between the middle–late Burdigalian Kiel Member and the lower Langhian Antwerpen Member. Some vague white spots can be observed in the top of the Kiel Member, representing cross-section of lithified Ophiomorpha burrows. C. Detail of Quaternary unit 3. Subtle cross-bedding can be observed between the lenses with reworked Neogene shell debris. D. Other detail of the Quaternary unit 3, with high contents of reworked glauconite and fine climbing ripple lamination in the base. Photographs taken on May 8, 2023. Lithology and lithostratigraphy of the temporary outcrop Delhaize Plantin in Antwerp (northern Belgium). The kentriodontid specimen RBINS M.2340 was recovered from the base of Unit 2 (Antwerpen Member, Berchem Formation). Abbreviations: Antw. Memb. = Antwerpen Member; TAW = Tweede Algemene Waterpassing (Belgian Ordnance Datum Title page of the paper of Lambert et al.
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
coralreefresearch.bsky.social
FishBase/SeaLifeBase symposium in RBINS (2nd - 3rd September 2025)

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#fishbase #sealifebase #symposium #coralreefs #fishID #marinelifeID #marineresources #marinescience #fish #pelagicfish #reeffish #marinebiology
August 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
eveseuntjens.bsky.social
It was nice catching up with colleagues and celebrating 10 years #EMBRC-BE in a wonderful venue #RBINS in Brussels 🌊
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
bopco-be.bsky.social
🎉 Happy 10th Birthday to BopCo! 🎉
November 2025 marks 10 years of BopCo, the Belspo funded DNA Identification Service at RBINS & RMCA — and what a journey it’s been!
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
geolbeljournal.bsky.social
New paper published! 📝🖨️ Stijn Goolaerts #RBINS presents a detailed analysis of 3 holasteroid echinoids from the #Maastrichtian Stage in the 🇧🇪🇳🇱 border region. The tests show scars indicating attacks by sharks 🦈 and mosasaurs!

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December 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
ecsa.ngo
𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
📍 Where: @Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels
🕐 When: May 23, 2025 | 13:00–16:30
📋 Register now: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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Call to action - Taxonomy Recognition Day, May 23rd
YouTube video by TETTRIsEU
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May 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
jogchumv.bsky.social
Ja, ze bewaren het kadavertje voor het KBIN/RBINS 👍
December 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM
jastrow75.bsky.social
Tiens, d'après ceci on parlait au XVIIIe de "mauvais air" ou de "mofette" biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-public...
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April 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
incstep.bsky.social
Good evening, Brussels! 🤗

About to start the TETTRIs Final Meeting! Organized by CETAF and @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social at RBINS 🦕🦋🐝🌿.

A real honor to attend this event with all the TETTRIs community to share the outcomes of our project!
April 27, 2026 at 11:44 AM
bopco-be.bsky.social
🧬 Close examination of the tubes in the wood yielded numerous valves and pallets whose morphology strongly suggested that we were dealing with the notorious Teredo navalis. In collaboration with the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, BopCo is now attempting to confirm this identification via DNA analysis.
Teredo - half shell inside (c) RBINS Teredo - half shell outside (c) RBINS Teredo - pallets (c) RBINS
April 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
choudebrucycle.bsky.social
Le nom correct est bien Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, souvent cité sous l'acronyme IRSNB (RBINS en anglais). Il s'agit de l'institut fédéral de recherche scientifique où l'on retrouve les laboratoires scientifiques. Le musée quant à lui est la partie accessible au grand public.
December 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
bopco-be.bsky.social
🚢 In January 2024, BopCo received damaged wood from the “Berendrechtsluis” in the port of Antwerp. The wood was riddled with tiny holes and tubes — a telltale sign of possible shipworm activity.
Piece of wood from port of Antwerp (c) RBINS Close up wood from port of Antwerp (c) RBINS
April 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM