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27 June 2017|Ausstellung

Die Sonderausstellung „Land – Küste – Meer“ gibt Einblicke in die Schatzkammern des Nordens

NORE

Photo: UHH/CeNak

In der Zoologischen Sammlung der Universität Rostock ist noch bis Anfang nächsten Jahres eine ganz besondere Ausstellung zu bewundern. Elf naturkundliche Sammlungen und Museen des Museumsverbundes der Nord- und Ostsee Region (NORe) haben sich zusammengetan und präsentieren ihre Sammlungen in...

20 June 2017|Veranstaltung

Sieger des Fotowettbewerbs ausgezeichnet

Sieger

Photo: M. Weiner, G. Wagner, C. Albrecht

Die Sieger des Fotowettbewerbs „Natur in der Stadt“ stehen fest: Den 1. Platz hat Matthias Weiner mit einem Foto des Rostfarbigen Dickkopffalters (Ochlodes venatus) gewonnen. Das Foto entstand auf einer Exkursion im Rahmen des GEO-Tages der Natur auf dem Energieberg Georgswerder in...

19 June 2017|Veranstaltung

Wie grün ist Hamburg? Große Natur-Inventur am Aktionswochenende „Natur in der Stadt“ mit Nachweis neuer Arten

Aktionswochenende

Photo: Thomas Behrends

• 7000 Teilnehmer nahmen an 200 Aktionen im Stadtgebiet teil • Über 1000 Tier- und Pflanzenarten nachgewiesen • Rüsselkäfer erstmals im Hamburger Wattenmeer gesichtet • Energieberg Georgswerder ein Highlight der Diversität

8 June 2017|Veranstaltung

Tierische Einblicke und artgerechte Unterhaltung

Auftaktveranstaltung

Photo: Science Slam, Alex Hofmann

Mit einer Mischung aus locker-leichter Bühnenperformance und handfester Wissenschaft startet das Aktionswochenende „Natur in der Stadt“ am Freitag, 16. Juni ab 18 Uhr das Programm mit 200 Veranstaltungen. Das Gelände des Centrums für Naturkunde (CeNak) der Universität Hamburg wird dabei für...

7 June 2017|Veranstaltung

Super Preise bei Fotowettbewerb „Natur in der Stadt“

Fotowettbewerb

Photo: GEO, Solvin Zankl

Zwischen Pflasterritzen und in Mauerspalten – Hamburgs Natur ist vielfältig und überrascht an manchen Orten. Mal versteckt, mal wild und üppig, überall sprießt und summt es – wenn man genau hinschaut. Aber wo lassen sich unbekannte grüne Ecken entdecken? Wer überrascht mit Bildern...

6 June 2017|Vorankündigung

„Tag der kleinen Forscher 2017 – Mit Lupe und Mikroskop entdecken wir Insekten“

GEO

Photo: HAUPTSACHE GEO

Beim diesjährigen „Tag der kleinen Forscher“ am 19. Juni unterstützt das CeNak die Aktion von HAUPTSACHE GEO. Diplom-Geologin Nicole Arndt-Stadt konzentriert sich an diesem deutschlandweiten Mitmachtag für frühe Bildung mit ihrer Veranstaltungsagentur auf Insekten, die mit Lupe und Mikroskop...

3 June 2017|News

Der Schatz des Monats Juni ist ein karibischer Krebs

Schatz

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Simon Bober

Äußerlich erinnert er an einen schwimmenden Tausendfüßer; evolutionsbiologisch ist er allerdings der nächste Verwandte aller Insekten. Der Schatz des Monats Juni gehört zu der Krebsgruppe der Remipedia. Es ist das Typusexemplar zu Morlockia emersoni und stammt aus der Dominikanischen Republik. ...

2 June 2017|Vorankündigung

Naturkenner gesucht

Energieberg

Photo: Stadtreinigung Hamburg

Von der Mülldeponie zum Tier- und Pflanzenparadies – was lebt und gedeiht auf dem Energieberg Georgswerder in Wilhelmsburg? Die Stadt Hamburg hat dieses ehemalige Sammelbecken für gefährliche Altlasten und Hausmüll im Laufe der vergangenen 30 Jahre zu einem gesicherten Naturstandort entwickelt...

1 June 2017|Forschung

Hola chicos! Einzigartige Spinnensammlung aus Ecuador

Arachologie

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Nadine Dupérré

Das CeNak hat eine einzigartige Spinnen-Sammlung aus Ecuador erworben. Die ca. 6000 Tiere, unter denen sich auch viele neue und bisher unbeschriebene Arten befinden, stammen überwiegend aus vier Naturreservaten in den Nebelwäldern Ecuadors. Die Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer des...

31 May 2017|Veranstaltung

Anmeldestart für Langen Tag der StadtNatur

Anmeldestart

Photo: Sylvia Motyl, Studio Siegert

Zum Anmeldestart für die 200 Veranstaltungen des Langen Tags der StadtNatur trafen sich Tier- und Pflanzenspezialisten zum Gruppenbild an der Rathausschleuse. Auch Umweltsenator Jens Kerstan kam hinzu. Die Umweltbehörde unterstützt die Aktion vom 16. – 18. Juni, die erstmals auch vom Centrum...

30 May 2017|News

Das CeNak im Film

Videos

Photo: UHH, RRZ/MCC, Mentz

Im CeNak ist viel in Bewegung. Und in bewegten Bildern werden jetzt die drei Museen mit Objekten aus Zoologie, Geologie-Paläontologie und Mineralogie sowie die aktuelle Forschung in den wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen präsentiert.

23 May 2017|News

Warum sind so viele Schildkröten-Arten gefährdet?

Weltschildkrötentag

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Leider finden sich 234 der 341 Schildkröten-Arten auf der Internationalen Liste der gefährdeten Tierarten. Dr. Jakob Hallermann vom Centrum für Naturkunde erklärt, wodurch diese langsamen Zeitgenossen am meisten bedroht sind und welche Arten am häufigsten vom Zoll beschlagnahmt werden.

19 May 2017|News

Photography competition "Stadtnatur"

Dach der HCU

Photo: Isadora Tast

Take a closer look between the cracks in the pavement and in the walls—nature in Hamburg is diverse and full of surprises. Sometimes hidden away, other times wild and voluptuous, but always waiting to be discovered! [Read on in German . . .]

18 May 2017|News

From Harvard to Hamburg: crab researcher Martin Schwentner takes on acting professorship at CeNak

Martin

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Martin Schwentner

Since April, Dr. Martin Schwentner has headed up the Department of Lower Invertebrates II at CeNak. Following Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt's move to Frankfurt, the crab specialist, who previously spent two years as a researcher at Harvard University (USA), has taken on the acting professorship...

17 May 2017|Forschung

Das Urmeer unter den Füßen

Paläontologie

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Gisela Bölke

Es wimmelt von versteinerten Schwämmen und Schnecken, Muscheln und Tintenfischen. Doch wer achtet beim Gang durch Hamburger Einkaufszentren schon auf das Urmeer unter seinen Füßen? Samantha Brose, Studentin der Geologie und Paläontologie an der Universität Hamburg, untersucht jetzt in ihrer...

16 May 2017|News

Species diversity at your doorstep

Aktionswochenende

Photo: GEO, Solvin Zankl

Hamburg is green—but green enough? What about species diversity in the city? How are climate change and urbanization changing city life? The Day of Urban Nature, The GEO-Tag der Natur e.V. and CeNak will be cooperating for the first time to host Hamburg's largest nature event (16–18 June 2017)...

15 May 2017|Interview

Insektensterben oder warum die Frontschreibe sauber bleibt

Husemann

Photo: UHH, RRZ/MCC, Mentz

In Teilen Deutschlands ist die Zahl der Fluginsekten in den vergangenen Jahren um 80 Prozent zurückgegangen. Dr. Martin Husemann beobachtet im Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) der Universität Hamburg Hintergründe und Auswirkungen dieses großen Insektensterbens, das sich auch direkt auf die...

12 May 2017|News

From the moon to the center of Earth

News

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Helen Kilian-Rosenkranz

What do minerals have to do with table salt? And can you find stones from the moon in Hamburg? Paulina Reimers, 26, can answer these and many other questions. As long as she can remember, the geosciences master's student has been intrigued by Earth's history, especially the age of dinosaurs...

10 May 2017|Veranstaltung

The Galapagos—a Pacific paradise

Heinz Sielmann

Photo: Heinz Sielmann Stiftung

CeNak invites nature lovers to the legendary animal film "Galapagos—Trauminsel im Pazifik." The film will be shown at Universität Hamburg on 8 June 2017 and transport viewers back to 1963. [Read on in German]

1 May 2017|News

The black snake is this month's treasure

Schatz des Monats Mai 17

Photo: Foto: UHH/CeNak, Jakob Hallermann

This month's treasure is the Boaedon nigrum or black snake. A doctor working in Africa caught the animal 150 years ago on the São Thomé island. This historically valuable speciman is now the subject of research.

28 April 2017|News

Vorträge, Führungen und brüllende Löwen

Ausstellung neues Foyer

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Philipp Reiss

Der Bär ist los im Zoologischen Museum Hamburg - und auch noch der Löwe. Unsere Eisbärin ist zum Landtier geworden, der Finnwal zeigt sich samt riesigem Schädel und lässt sich über eine Medienstation digital als schwimmendes Säugetier beobachten. Zu den „Big Five“, dem Nashorn, Büffel, Elefant...

27 April 2017|News

Eröffnung des neuen Foyers im Zoologischen Museum – Barrierefreier Eingang und multimediale Ausstellung

Foyer-Eröffnung

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Philipp Reiss

Als „Schaufenster zur Stadt“ eröffnet das Zoologische Museum des Centrums für Naturkunde (CeNak) heute seinen neukonzipierten Eingangsbereich zur Bundesstraße: barrierefrei, multimedial und zukunftsweisend ...

25 April 2017|Ausstellung

Name our polar bear!

Countdown

The countdown to name our female polar bear has begun! Our museum staff have chosen three suggestions from the many creative submissions: Smilla, Anouk, and Nanuq. You can vote until 6 pm on 27 April...

19 April 2017|Veranstaltung

Science on Tap

Go out, have a drink, and learn something? Yes, with Science on Tap! This entertaining even of short talks on a variety of scholarly topics will take place for the third time on 27 April. The head of CeNak, Matthias Glaubrecht, will also be there...

19 April 2017|Forschung

Hamburg research team analyzes sharks and skate

Thiel

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Ralf Thiel

The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has commissioned Prof. Dr. Ralf Thiel, Heike Zidowitz, and their research team in the ichthyology section of the Center for Natural History (CeNak) at Universität Hamburg to investigate the situation of sharks, skate, and chimaeras in the German...

18 April 2017|Veranstaltung

Vortrag zur Phylogeographie und Evolution der Ödlandschrecken

Schrecke

Über die Phylogeographie und Evolution der Ödlandschrecken spricht Dr. Martin Husemann, Leiter der Insektensammlung im CeNak, am Donnerstag, 20. April, um 19.30 Uhr im Rahmen einer Veranstaltungsreihe des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg ...

18 April 2017|Veranstaltung

Join us of for the opening of the new lobby

Foyer

The Center for Natural History (CeNak) invites the public to a three-day program (28–30 April) to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated lobby of the Zoological Museum.

11 April 2017|News

Who will name the polar bear?

Namen

Everyone knows Antje the walross, but the female polar bear in the Zoological Museum remains nameless. We plan to correct this oversight at the opening of the Museum's new foyer...

10 April 2017|News

When ships endanger whales

Helena Herr

An added highlight at the opening ceremony for the new foyer of the Zoological Museum is a lecture by researcher Fabian Ritter on 29 April 2017 at 4 pm. Ritter will be talking about the dangers ships pose to whales...

6 April 2017|News

Gold found on the Island of Sylt soon on display in the Minerological Museum

Goldfund Norwegen

Photo: Torsten Weise

Gold on Sylt? Can it be? Prof. Dr. Jochen, head of Hamburg's Minerological Museum, has spent the last five years meticulously conducting research and has now confirmed the find: "The ice ages transported the thumbnail-sized, shimmering gold stone from southern Norway to Sylt's cliffs."

4 April 2017|News

Yellow slug rediscovered after 80 years—in Hamburg's Red Light District

Marco

"Auf der Reeperbahn, nachts um halb eins ..." No, we're not singing about late-night revelers tripping through Hamburg's Red Light District; today Hamburg's most famous lyrics are all about a slug. For 80 years there has been no sign of life from the yellow slug known as "Bierschlegel" in...

1 April 2017|News

Unique web-spinning spider is treasure of the month in April

Webspinne

Our treasure of the month in April is the Katissa kurusiki, a species of Anyphaedidae (spiders) recently described for the first time at CeNak. The spider originates from the mist-enveloped forests of Ecuador and is distinguished by its unique worm-shaped abdomen.

30 March 2017|Forschung

Expedition in den Regenwald Malaysias

Expedition

Um die Vielfalt der Froschlurche Borneos und deren geografische Artenzusammensetzung festzustellen, ist die Arbeitsgruppe Herpetologie des CeNak erneut in die Regenwälder Ost-Malaysias (Borneo) gereist. Seit 2001 führt Abteilungsleiter Prof. Dr. Alexander Haas ...

29 March 2017|Betrieb

Good-bye und Dank an Angelika Brandt

Abschied

Nach 21 Jahren am Zoologischen Museum der Universität Hamburg wechselt Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt zum 1. April 2017 vom Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) an das Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, um eine neue berufliche Herausforderung anzunehmen ...

20 March 2017|Veranstaltung

"Wahnsinn trifft Methode" in the Thalia Theater

Wahnsinn trifft Methode

Himmel, Arsch und ZWIRN—the joint project "Wahnsinn trifft Methode" (Madness Meets Method) of Universität Hamburg and the Thalia Theater continues! On 23 March it will be all about TWINE: the red tape that the audience will be able to wrap itself up in . . .

10 March 2017|Veranstaltung

CeNak weekend of activities: Nature in the City (16‒18.06.2017)

GEO

What lives and grows in the city? What level of species diversity exists there? How are climate change and urbanization changing life in Hamburg? Come along to a discovery tour along the Elb or the Alster, or one of the many outdoor events that will take you into some of Hamburg's unknown green...

9 March 2017|Veranstaltung

Multi image show from Norbert Rosing

Eisbär

On 27 April the newly refurbished foyer of the Zoological Museum will open to the public. To celebrate, we have put together a three-day-long program of events and activities that invite you to discover CeNak's new space. A highlight of the celebrations is . . .

8 March 2017|Forschung

Exempla of fish species Kessler-Grundel found for first time in Elbe

Thiel

A research team headed up by Prof. Dr. Ralf Thiel from the Center of Natural History at Universität Hamburg has confirmed the first recording of the fish species Kessler-Grundel (Ponticola kessleri) in the Elbe. This is the northern-most sighting of the fish to date . . .

7 March 2017|Ausstellung

Big moment for the world's smallest mammal

Maus

Its body is smaller than a pointing finger and its bones are as thin as nails. On the list of the world's smallest mammals, the common dwarf shrew, measuring a total of four centimenters from tip of its nose to the tip of its tail, is pretty close to the top. The tiny hunter will soon be moving...

2 March 2017|News

Golden CeNak activities on the Long Night of Museums

CeNak will be going for gold at this year's Long Night of Museums in Hamburg. On Saturday, 22 April, the Minerological Museum invites the Hamburg public as of 6 pm to wash gold, hear talks, and visit exhibitions...

1 March 2017|News

Extinct beauty in the CeNak collection

März

It is a Caribbean beauty that has been deemed extinct since the 19th century. The splendid Urania sloanus moth (6.4 to 7.6 cm) was a diurnal moth at home in Jamaica. The Urania is this month's CeNak treasure...

28 February 2017|Interview

1 x 1 der Evolutionstheorie

WDR

Was verbindet Mensch und Fisch – evolutionsgeschichtlich gesehen? Und ist der Homo Sapiens nun die Krone der Schöpfung oder nur eine Eintagsfliege? CeNak-Chef Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht stellte sich in der Sendung „Planet Wissen“ diesen und weiteren Evolutions-Fragen ...

22 February 2017|News

CeNak receives important private beetle collection

Husemann+Ziegler

All native beetle species are represented in the valuable private collection, with some 40,000 specimens from Germany and 120,000 from Europe. "This is probably one of the most complete beetle collections in Germany . . ."

15 February 2017|News

Architecture students to design green oasis around the Zoological Museum

Kooperation HCU

A green oasis for visitors to enjoy, a meeting point for students, researchers, and families, and above all, a habitat for endangered wild bees and insects: these are the plans for the forecourt of the Zoological Museum.

14 February 2017|Ausstellung

New entrance hall to provide a window onto the Evolutioneum

Nepali

Wrapped in platic foil, rhino Nepali waits patiently to move to his new quarters, the narwhal skull dating back to 1684 is temporarily being stored while a few bones from the 20 m razorback have already found a new home to tell the history of whaling in Hamburg...

13 February 2017|Ausstellung

Brown owl—"Bird of the Year"—now on display in the Zoological Museum

Waldkauz

The brown owl has been named "Bird of the Year" for 2017 and is now on display at the Zoological Museum. For over thirty years, the Museum has supported the environmental protection organization NABU. By choosing the brown owl, NABU has helped raised awareness of the risks facing native...

10 February 2017|Ausstellung

Tracing Darwin's path

Darwin

On 12 February, science the world over will be honoring Charles Darwin. The father of the Theory of Evolution was born in England on 12 February 1809. To celebrate Darwin Day, visitors to the Hamburg Zoological Museum can join a guided tour on the topic of evolution and trace Darwin's...

8 February 2017|Ausstellung

Zoological Museum offers free tours thanks to donation by Budni

Budni

How did whales evolve from sea creatures into four-legged land animals? Why are insects so important to the environment and what animals live in the neighborhood? Starting in March, visitors to the Zoological Museum can find out the answers to these and many more questions every Sunday from 1...

7 February 2017|Betrieb

Central morphology lab facilitates cooperation

Lena

Since the beginning of Februrary, CeNak researchers have been able to use a newly designed morphology lab. Consisting of three rooms, the lab brings together various research facilities at CeNak.

1 February 2017|News

A rare form of gold

Goldkristalle

Wire gold is a rarity in the natural world. Native-element gold is mostly found encased in other minerals as rock gold or as sediments in gold-dust or nugget form.

31 January 2017|Forschung

Back to the Ice Age with a beetle

Käfer

During the last Ice Age, Central Europe was covered by glaciers and snow-topped hills. This inhospitable landscape was home to the Carabus sylvestris, a beetle which, thanks to its ability to tolerate freezing conditions, managed to survive the Ice Age by retreating to certain regions.

27 January 2017|Veranstaltung

Cities as hotspots of biodiversity

GEO

The city is becoming an increasingly important space, not only for people but also for many animal species. Continued destruction of natural habitats has meant that cities—for example, Hamburg and its metropolitan region—have emerged as safe havens for biodiversity.

17 January 2017|Veranstaltung

Talk: Evolutionary interactions between plants and insects

Biene

Plant and insect evolution has been tightly interwoven for 400 million years. These interactions can be either hostile, involving plant-eaters and their victims, or symbiotic...

16 January 2017|Betrieb

Flawless animal images using new special-purpose camera

Fotoanlage

Every single hair protrudes upward with every detail clearly visible, every facet within the eye flawlessly reproduced—an exact image of nature. Using a new, high-resolution camera, scientists at CeNak are now able to produce extremely high-quality photos of specimens in the collections. ...

15 January 2017|Veranstaltung

Paper for Humboldt Conference

Humboldt

The director of CeNak, Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht, presented a paper on Alexander von Humboldt and the systematization of nature at a conference dedicated to Alexander von Humboldt's American travel journals.

14 January 2017|Veranstaltung

Full House for Moby Dick!

Kaiser

Full house for Moby Dick! In cooperation with the mobile cinema Flexibles Flimmern, CeNak hosted three showings of the fulminant film classic at the Zoological Museum exhibition. Around 600 film enthusiasts . . .

13 January 2017|News

Focus on fin whales: Dr Helena Herr is new visiting scientist at CeNak

Gastwissenschaftlerin

She has observed whales from all manner of perspectives: from ships, from land, and from the air. Since the beginning of the year Dr Helena Herr has been been enriching CeNak with her expertise on these large sea mammals as visiting scientist . . .

11 January 2017|News

Description of a new species

Fotowettbewerb

As the winner of the wild bee photo competition held by CeNak last summer, Manrfed Starck has the honor of naming an as yet undescribed wild bee species.

5 January 2017|News

2,500 butterflies for CeNak

Schmetterlinge

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Kilian-Rosenkranz

CeNak's insect collection has grown: around 60 crates with native, European, and international butterfly species from the estate of the late Albert Scherer of Norderstedt are now part of the research collection . . .

1 January 2017|News

The trilobite is January's treasure of the month

Trilobit

The treasure of the month in January is a petrified trilobite (species: Phacops) from the paleontological collection at CeNak. This specimen was found in Hunsrück slate, a sedimentary rock that is around 400 million years old . . .

20 December 2016|News

Alumni Verein der Uni Hamburg spendet für Zoologisches Museum

Alumni Verein

Der Alumni Verein der Universität Hamburg hat 1.500 Euro für das Zoologische Museum gespendet. Die Summe soll für Tierpräparate verwendet werden. „Wir möchten mit unserer Spende das großartige Engagement des Zoologischen Museums ...

14 December 2016|Veranstaltung

Exhibition on algae and crystals

Zare

"Research collections are archives of human knowledge. They provide answers to questions about life today that we had not asked before," says Dr. Antje Zare, head of the Center for Collections and Museums and curator of the exhibition...

14 December 2016|Veranstaltung

Animals in winter—guided tour of the Zoological Museum

Wencke

Which animals hibernate? Which birds fly south? And how do squirrels, foxes, and other animals nourish themselves throughout the winter? Research associates from the Zoological Museum in Hamburg will answer these and other questions...

14 December 2016|Ausstellung

Disappearing Legacies: The World as Forest

Wallace-Ausstellung

The German Federal Cultural Foundation is funding the exhibition Verschwindende Vermächtnisse: Die Welt als Wald (Disappearing Legacies: The World as Forest) with 237,000 euros. This is the first time that the Foundation has funded a major, interdisicplinary exhibition . . .

13 December 2016|Veranstaltung

Moby Dick at the Zoological Museum

Flexibles Flimmern

CeNak and the moving movies series ("Flexibles Flimmern") invite the public from 10–12 January 2017 to showings of Moby Dick. The film will follow a short introduction about the whale...

12 December 2016|Ausstellung

"Animals from all over the world up close"

Lioba

Each year around 70,000 children and adults visit the Zoological Museum Hamburg to view rhinoceroses and tigers up close, be amazed by the size of whales, and learn about species diversity and protecting the environment . . .

8 December 2016|News

Taxonimist Wolfgang Zeckert retires after 42 years at the Zoological Museum Hamburg

Wolfgang

After 42 years as taxonomist at the Zoological Museum Hamburg, Wolfgang Zeckert will retire at the end of this year. Following his training at the Zoological Institute, he worked for a time as a lab assistant in Chemistry before returning as a taxonomist to the Institute in 1980.

7 December 2016|Ausstellung

Making kids into researchers: call for donations for media station

Medienstation

A new media station in the Zoological Museum plans to give kids the opportunity to try their hands at research. In order to fund the media station, the CeNak needs 14,500 euros. The Center is now collecting donations via the platform Betterplace . . .

7 December 2016|News

Twice on the high seas and back to land: welcome Nele Heitland!

Heitland

Undergraduate studies in Kiel, a master's degree in Hamburg and now a doctorate at Universität Hamburg. In Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt's research group, Nele Heitland will research the secret life of deep-sea isopods . . .

1 December 2016|News

Vision Evolutioneum

Vision Evolutioneum

Why Hamburg needs a new natural history museum is the question that the Patriotische Gesellschaft von 1765, the Hamburgische Wissenschaftiche Stiftung, and the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein addressed yesterday at their meeting...

1 December 2016|News

The sea devil is the treasure of the month

Rutenangler

This sea devil, a highly unusual animal, is the December treasure of the month. The female of the species in the Ceratiidae family are the giants among deep-sea sea devils (Ceratioidei). They can grow to one meter long and weigh up to 10 kg.

30 November 2016|News

Amanda Bauzá latest member of CeNak

Amanda

Dr. Amanda Bauzá has been working as the new advisor for strategic management as well as HR and finance at CeNak since 16 November. She will also be responsible for developing organisational and staffing structures currently accompanying CeNak's evolution as an institution.

29 November 2016|News

New mineral discovered

Bellerberg

Researchers at the Mineralogical Museum of Hamburg have once again discovered a hitherto unknown mineral. As part of their geodiversity research, they were able to add the luminous blue mineral to the 5,300 that have already been identified...

17 November 2016|News

A word of thanks to the Museum König

Museum König

Photo: UHH/Gerisch

The Zoological Research Museum Alexnader Koenig (ZFMK) in Bonn has given CeNak an automatic DNA sequencer to analyze genetic data. "Until now, we have had to outsource all analyses of familial relationships and other genetic fingerprinting methods and rely on other companies," said Martin...

16 November 2016|Veranstaltung

On primate love and changing sexual partners

Literatur trifft Natur

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Gerisch

Why does spending life with a partner seem so desirable? And why do still flirt with others and have more sex than reproduction requires—to wit, roughly 1,000 times per conceived child? In his new book, Die verborgene Natur der Liebe (The Hidden Nature of Love), biology historian Thomas Junker...

14 November 2016|News

From the new museum lobby to the "Evolutioneum"

Museums Foyer

Following its three-month closure, the Zoological Museum once again opened its doors to the public in October. The museum closed to prepare for the construction of its new lobby. At the end of March 2017, the collection will be accessible to all from Bundesstraße. "The new lobby is an excellent...

14 November 2016|Veranstaltung

Sustainability in the ocean

The Naturwissenschaftliche Verein in Hamburg (natural sciences association) is dedicating its public lecture series from 10 November to 15 December to the most important issues in the treatment of our oceans. Topics include off-shore wind parks, deep-sea environmental protection, plastic waste...

11 November 2016|News

Nadine Dupérré: On the search for spiders from Ecuador to Hamburg

Nadine Dupérré

Nadine Dupérré knows her spiders. She has already described 480 species, most of which are at home South America. Since the beginning of November, she has been acting as collection manager, overseeing the care, development, and digitalization of the arachnid and centipede collection in CeNak.

11 November 2016|News

Über Schnaps & Schnecken bei „Wissen vom Fass“

Wissen vom Fass

Photo: Wissen vom Fass

Am 17. November gibt es in 50 Hamburger Kneipen und Bars wieder „Wissen vom Fass“. Matthias Glaubrecht, Wissenschaftlicher Direktor des CeNak und Professor für Biodiversität an der Universität Hamburg, bekommt 30 Minuten, um Nicht-Biologen für Schnecken ...

10 November 2016|News

New educational program in climate change

Lesefest Seiteneinsteiger

Photo: Martin Jäschke

Climate change and its effects on the animal world are the focus of a new CeNak program. "We want to make scientific research known, transparent, and comprehensible." This is how museum educator Daniel Bein describes the approach to his guided tours.

10 November 2016|News

Discussion evening at the Haus der Patriotischen Gesellschaft

Patriotische Gesellschaft

As part of its regular discussion series in the Haus der Patriotischen Gesellschaft, Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht, founding director of CeNak, will present his vision for an Evolutioneum at 6 pm on 30 November.

9 November 2016|News

Sarah Gaugel is the best examinee in the state

Sarah Gaugel

Biology lab student Sarah Gaugel will be honored on 30 November as the Schleswig-Holstein's best examinee for the year 2015/2016. After she completed hee studies at the Max Planck Institute in Plän, Gaugel commenced her work last February as a technical assistant for bio-informatics at CeNak.

7 November 2016|Veranstaltung

Die verborgene Natur der Liebe

Literatur trifft Natur

Das Centrum für Naturkunde lädt im Rahmen seiner Veranstaltungsreihe „Literatur trifft Natur“ herzlich ein zu der Buchpräsentation: „Die verborgene Natur der Liebe - Sex und Leidenschaft und wie wir die Richtigen finden“ am Dienstag, 15. November 2016, um 19 Uhr ...

1 November 2016|News

Wallace's flying frog is treasure of the month in November

Wallace-Flugfrosch

Wallace's flying frog is the largest tree frog on Borneo. It lives high up in the rainforest canopy, only descending to mate and lay its eggs. In the leafy ceiling of the rainforest, the frog makes its way from tree to tree by launching itself into the air and spreading its fingers and toes...

31 October 2016|News

First sponsors for scientific collection

Patenschaft

CeNak's insect collection has found some friends. Hornet-fans Susanne Koobs and Dr. Wolfgang Leibner from Langenhagen have taken on a sponsorship for a case of hornet specimens—for the next twenty years . . .

25 October 2016|Forschung

KuramBioII Expedition ends with new records and astounding findings

kurambio

Angelika Brandt, zoology professor at CeNak and expedition leader on the research vessel Sonne, has returned from a six-week research expedition in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench with new insights and astounding findings...

14 October 2016|Forschung

"We see enormous potential"

Husemann + Harms

Two new curators began working in CeNak this summer. Martin Husemann, head of the Department of Entomology (insects) and Danilo Harms, head of the Department of Arachnology (spiders and centipedes). What approaches do they apply in their research? What are their plans for the collections? Where...

13 October 2016|Veranstaltung

Hagenbeck's Day of the Oceans

Tage der Meere

Prof. Dr. Ralf Thiel of the Center of Natural History (CeNak) will talk about fish fauna in the tidal Elbe River between Geesthacht and Cuxhaven as part of the Day of the Oceans event at the Tropical Aquarium, Hagenbeck's Zoo. His talk takes place on 22 October at 5 pm and will focus on the...

6 October 2016|Ausstellung

Aurubis supports Mineralogical Museum

Mineralogie

The Mineralogical Museum continues to open on Sundays for Hamburg's residents and visitors thanks to Hamburg-based company Aurubis AG. Aurubis is one of the leading copper producers and recyclers worldwide.

4 October 2016|News

African achatinidae is treasure of the month

Archachatina

CeNak's collections are a trove of valuable natural treasures. Each month we showcase one of their precious specimens as "Treasure of the Month." This October we have selected a large African tropical land snail, Archachatina degneri, whose holotypus (the individuum used to describe the...

26 September 2016|Ausstellung

Blue whale: heavyweight takes shape

Blauwal-Unterkiefer

A veritable heavyweight measuring 125 tons—the blue whale whose wall-to-wall lower jaw amazes visitors to the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Following construction work and new displays for certain specimens, the blue whale is set to 'take shape' . . .

21 September 2016|News

Wieviel Glaube steckt in Wissenschaft?

Historikertag

Wissenschaft schafft Wissen. Doch gibt es überhaupt so etwas wie gesicherte Fakten? Wieviel Glaube steckt in Wissenschaft? Darüber, wie Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler mit diesen Ungewissheiten umgehen, diskutiert CeNak-Direktor Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht ...

16 September 2016|News

Zeitzeugen aus den 1920er und 30er Jahren gesucht

Ausstellung Naturkundemuseum

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Archiv

Wer erinnert sich an Hamburgs großes Naturkundemuseum schräg gegenüber dem Hauptbahnhof? Wer hat seine Sonntage in den 1920er und 30er Jahren staunend vor Elefant und Nashorn verbracht, ist durch den großzügigen Innenhof und über freitragende Brücken gelaufen ...

12 September 2016|News

Vor 125 Jahren wurde Hamburgs Naturkundemuseum eröffnet

Altes Naturkundemuseum

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Archiv

Es war das Mekka für Naturliebhaber und Wissbegierige, ein illustres und hoch frequentiertes Ausflugsziel mitten in der Hamburger City. Am 17. September 1891, vor 125 Jahren, wurde Hamburgs Naturhistorisches Museum am Steintorwall eröffnet. Ein eindrucksvoller wilhelminischer Bau ...

5 September 2016|Veranstaltung

Wildbienen-Aktions-Tag zog hunderte Besucher an

Wildbienen-Aktions-Tag

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Gerisch

Fünf Minuten, und das Bienenhotel aus Holz und Schilfrohr war zusammengebaut. Nebenan am Mikroskop begutachteten Besucher eine Wildbiene in Großformat, während am nächsten Stand über Bedrohung und Schutz von Insekten gefachsimpelt wurde und gegenüber die Wahl für das schönste Wildbienenfoto ...

25 August 2016|Veranstaltung

Wildbienen-Aktionstag im Zoologischen Museum

Wildbienen

Im Rahmen des Aktions-Sommers zum Thema Wildbienen lädt das Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) der Universität Hamburg alle Interessierten am Sonntag, 4. September, von 11 bis 17 Uhr zu einem Wildbienen-Aktionstag mit einem bunten Programm rund um die Themen Bienenschutz und Bienensterben ein...

18 August 2016|Ausstellung

Fin whale as bone puzzle

knochenpuzzle

CeNak's fin whale Finni is to feature as the latest attraction at the Zoological Museum in Hamburg—as a bone puzzle. All 163 bones of the 20-meter-long animal have been painstakingly digitalized, allowing children and researchers . . .

2 August 2016|Betrieb

Zoological Museum closed until end of September!

Museum-Foyer

Photo: UHH/CeNak

Refurbishment of the entrance area to the Zoological Museum is set to commence following approval by Universität Hamburg. For this purpose the Museum will be closed from the beginning of July to the end of September . . .

28 July 2016|Veranstaltung

Initiative for endangered wild bees

Erdhummel

Photo: UHH/CeNak, Grabener

Where does the sand bee live and where does the red-tailed bumblebee feel most at home? Why is half of the over 560 wild bee species native to Germany endangered and what are people in Hamburg doing to protect these important pollinators? These questions are central...

12 July 2016|News

Martin Husemann is the new curator of Dept. of Entomology

Martin Husemann

Dr. Martin Husemann has been heading the Department of Entomology (study of insects) at CeNak since 1 July 2016. The biogeographer, population geneticist, and evoluntionary biologist studies the mechanisms of species genesis, and the relationships and geographical distribution of species. ...

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Mareen Gerisch

Kommunikation und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Centrum für Naturkunde

Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Room R. 166

20146 Hamburg

Tel: +49 40 42 838-8846

Email: Mareen.Gerisch"AT"uni-hamburg.de