One month after both Dutch and international media reported about my efforts to obtain pubic lice for the collection of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam (see an earlier post on this subject), it is my pleasure to report that the museum received a mere total of six crab specimens: five almost 60 year old dry-preserved, […]
About: Kees Moeliker
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Bored of wrestlers, back into birds
?John duPont is looking for artists to illustrate a new bird book. If you know of any interested parties please send a sample of your work and resume to ?. ? This announcement, posted on eBEAC, the electronic Bulletin for European Avian Curators, made me think. John E duPont? The multimillionaire (heir to the DuPont […]
Unexpected Fish
Unexpected fish is/are in the news. As with all discoveries of ?living fossils?, the catch of the third specimen of Indonesian coelacanth Latimeria menadoensis by local fisherman Yustinus Lahama on May 19th 2007 off Malalayang Beach, North Sulawesi, was covered by numerous press reports. The website of WWF Indonesia presents some hidden details how this […]
Bart Knols – Ig winner garners further honor
“It is a nice prize, the highest form of recognition you can get in tropical medicine in the Netherlands.” Medical entomologist Bart Knols sounded excited, and he had good reason. Yesterday, he and his colleague Willem Takken of Wageningen University were awarded the Eijkman Medal 2007 for their combined 20 years of research into insects […]