Naturalis

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Bumblebee on a yellow flower collecting pollen
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National Bee Count shows continued low bumblebee numbers in the Netherlands
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Whale jaw bone dived out of the Oosterschelde in February 2025
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Rare whale jawbone fished out of Oosterschelder came from Amsterdam museum
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Numenius tenuirostris is now officially extinct for 29 years
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Slender-billed curlew declared officially extinct after 29 years
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Triceratops: the herd - An exhibition at Naturalis in Leiden showing off the museum's five triceratops skeletons
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Police break up XR protest in Naturalis museum in Leiden
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Triceratops: the herd - An exhibition at Naturalis in Leiden showing off the museum's five triceratops skeletons
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World First: Naturalis opens exhibit with six triceratops
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Researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra with a magpie nest made from bird-deterring spikes, 11 July 2023
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Birds using humans' anti-bird spikes to build their nests: Dutch researcher
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Dead humpback whale found on Nieuw-Haamstede beach, July 2023.
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Dead humpback whale found on Nieuw-Haamstede beach in Zeeland
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Variety of seashells.
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Official shell counting day: Counting seashells on Dutch beaches for science
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Naturalis biodiversity center and museum in Leiden
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Netherlands to return dozens of skeletons to Malaysia
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Thirteenth-century stone statue of Ganesha sitting on a ring of skulls taken from East Java to the Netherlands in the 19th century. 18 June 2015
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Netherlands advised to return art looted during colonial era
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Honeybee
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Record number of participants for annual bee count; 128,000 bees counted
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Octopus
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Video: Octopus filmed in Dutch waters for first time
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A sperm whale washed up on a beach near Domburg in Zeeland, 1 Dec 2017
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13.5 meter whale washes up on Zeeland beach
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Sixth meteorite found in Netherlands; crashed through shed roof in Broek in Waterland on 11 Jan 2017
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Meteorite crashes through shed roof in Noord-Holland town; 6th meteorite ever found in Netherlands
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Court orders halt to Naturalis Museum renovations pending the outcome of lawsuit
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Over 4,000 jam into Naturalis to see new T-Rex Trix
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Tyrannosaurus Rex Trix unveiled in Leiden
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Tyrannosaurus skeleton arrives in Leiden under police guard
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Naturalis' T-Rex named after Princess Beatrix
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Anne Frank House, Nemo among top Dutch cultural institutions
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Five beached sperm whales die on Texel
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Auction of oyster with 21 pearls inside disappoints
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Perfect Tyrannosaurus Rex skull prepped for Leiden museum
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Whale
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Dead whale washes up at Katwijk