Digitization-identification pipeline accelerates museum collection management
Curating Natural History Museum collections includes cataloging all material and making the information available to scientists worldwide. This is a daunting task for the millions of invertebrates in collections. Bringing some structure in these…
New longhorn beetle from Cusuco National Park – Honduras
This charismatic new species of longhorn (Derobrachus cusucoensis) from montane forest in Cusuco National Park adds to the biological valorisation of the area. A small isolated mountain, part of the Merendon mountain range, Cusuco National Park is a…
New publication: using compact cameras in digitization projects
In the scope of a digitization project at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, we developed a new method to facilitate digitization of museum specimens. The new method had to be relatively cheap and fast. These requirements were met by…
Two newly described spider species from Uganda and Madagascar
Two spiders new to science were discovered and described by BINCO members under the supervision of African spider specialist Rudy Jocque. Koen Vanderhaegen discovered Dusmadiores elgonensis in coffee forests on Mount Elgon (Uganda) in 2015 during…
Why biological exploration is still needed in modern times
We are living in a world with a high demand for living space, a cost paid for by sacrificing parts of our natural capital. Natural ecosystems today are disappearing faster than ever before. Scientists simply do not have the resources to document all…
Start of the Njesi Plateau expedition - Mozambique
Yesterday an international expedition team coordinated by BINCO left for the Njesi Plateau, one of highest inselbergs in northern Mozambique. With little information on its biodiversity available, this expedition hopes to fill a void that will help…
Sheka, Ethiopia, Biodiversity Express Survey – Report available
Outcomes of the biodiversity survey on our second expedition to Southwest Ethiopia are published in the fifth Biodiversity Express Survey report. The Sheka forest is a UNESCO biosphere reserve and is one of the largest remaining forest fragments in…
