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Sara Castillo
“Opisthobranch” gastropods from West Africa (26.11.2017)
Dr Sara Castillo from the University of Vigo, Spain visits the Museum
Chromodoris boucheti (Nuarro, Mozambique)
Exposing the Indian Ocean staggering diversity (21.11.2017)
Fieldtrip to Mozambique (Nuarro, October 2017)
Sea slugs of southern Norway
Sea slugs of southern Norway (11.10.2017)
New project on the sea slugs from southern Norway receives funding from Artsdatabanken
Hypselodoris maritima, Penghu, Taiwan
Fieldtrip to Taiwan (20.06.2017)
Sampling on the periphery of the coral triangle
Professor Wranik (yellow coat) in action
Alien species (14.06.2017)
Collaborative work between the University of Rostock and the Natural History Museum of Bergen
Andrea Zamora PhD's defense
Congratulations to our new PhD Andrea Zamora (05.06.2017)
Andrea successfully defended her PhD on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the headshield slugs
Sea Hares from Northern Europe and byond
Sea Hares from Norway and beyond (04.02.2017)
Dr Carlo Cunha from Brazil visits the Natural History Museum to study the Anaspidea collection
Gåsenebbhval Espegrend
Scientists found 30 plastic bags in whale's stomach (03.02.2017)
A sick goose-beaked whale was found on the west coast of Norway. Its stomach was filled eith 30 plastic bags, and many smaller pieces of plastic. The whale was emaciated, and scientists believe that the plastic had gathered in such an amount in its stomach that it had created a plug, stopping the digestive process.
Philinid snails from Antarctica
Antarctic philinids get studied in Bergen (02.02.2017)
Dr Moles visits the Natural History Museum of Bergen
Jennifer Austin Master Defense
Jennifer Austin Master Defense (01.02.2017)
A systematic review of the tropical Indo-West Pacific genus Phanerophthalmus unravels 10 new species to Science
West African New Species of Gastropods
Museum scientists describe new species of gastropods from West Africa (23.10.2016)
Samples of gastropods collected along West Africa during the Nansen Project between 2005–2012 turn out to be new species to Science
Cellana New Article
New article on West Africa gastropods (30.09.2016)
Recently published article by Museum staff in collaboration with Dr Akanbi Williams from the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research sheds light on the taxonomy of Cellana limpets from West Africa
WCM 2016 Penang
World Congress of Malacology, July 2016 (Penang, Malaysia) (30.09.2016)
The Natural History Museum of Bergen delegates to the World Congress of Malacology last July 2016 that took place at the UNESCO World Heritage City of Penang, Malaysia. From left to right: Christiane Todt, Jennifer Austin, Manuel Malaquias
new species Troglocladius haji
A life in complete darkness with no sex and no food - meet the world's deepest flying insect (12.05.2016)
Deep below in a cave in the Velebit mountains of Southern Croatia researchers from the University Museum of Bergen have together with colleagues from Croatia and Germany found the world's only blind flying cave insect.
sverd fra Vikingtid Haukeli
A Viking Age sword found at Haukeli (12.11.2015)
During a fishing trip in 2012, Gøran Olsen discovered something between stones at Haukeli. The find is now at the University Museum, and appeared to be a single-edged Viking sword with an estimated date in the first half of the Viking Age (c.800-950). Watch the video story of the remarkable find.
Hespriholmen dokumentasjon
3D documentation of the stone quarry on Hespriholmen (22.09.2015)
From the greenstone quarry on the island Hespriholmen, 5 km west of Bømlo, greenstone for adze production has been extracted for at least 6000 years. Now this is being documented by photogrammetry, GIS and film.
2 on stage back stage
On stage - off stage - back stage (04.06.2015)
On Friday 5 June, the theatre exhibition «On stage – off stage - back stage» opens at the Historical Museum. The exhibition shows stage design models, costumes, props, theatre playbills and photographs taken from different theatrical productions.
The museum facade
No funding for the University Museum (27.05.2015)
The Natural History Museum building must now remain closed indefinitely as the Norwegian government did not provide funding for the completion of the Museum Project in the Revised Fiscal Budget for 2015.

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