#muséum national d'histoire naturelle

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Demande à tes ancêtres I (Triceratops), 2024, Posca sur papier, 21 x 29,7 cm

Demande à tes ancêtres II (Scutosaurus), 2024, Posca sur papier, 29,7 x 21 cm

Demande à tes ancêtres III (Diplodocus), 2024, Posca sur papier, 29,7 x 21 cm

Demande à tes ancêtres IV (Prenocephales), 2024, Posca sur papier, 29,7 x 21 cm

Demande à tes ancêtres V (Bambiraptor), 2024, Posca sur papier, 21 x 29,7 cm

Demande à tes ancêtres VI (Carnotaurus), 2024, Posca sur papier, 29,7 x 21 cm

Demande à tes ancêtres VII (Iguanodon), 2024, Posca sur papier, 29,7 x 21 cm

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #NationalPandaDay: Earliest published European image of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), based on the first skin sent to Europe, acquired by French missionary Armand David (1826-1900) in China in 1869 and sent to Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.

Plate 50 in _Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères : comprenant des considérations sur la classification de ces animaux_ by Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885), Paris, 1868-74. Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[mindblowingscience]

A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). The species, named in honor of the recently decommissioned Antarctic research and supply vessel (ARSV) Laurence M. Gould and its crew, exemplifies both the unknown biodiversity and fragile state of the Antarctic ecosystem. Described in the journal Zootaxa, Akarotaxis gouldae was initially identified through genetic analysis. Larval specimens collected off the coast of Antarctica while trawling for zooplankton were originally thought to be Akarotaxis nudiceps, a closely related dragonfish. However, after comparing their DNA to Akarotaxis nudiceps specimens housed in collections at VIMS, Yale University and the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, France, significant variations in mitochondrial gene regions suggested the larval samples were a species unto themselves.

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[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

There’s lots to love about the saltwater crocodile, since they’re the largest living reptile in the world! Males can grow 6m (20ft) long and weigh up to 1,500 kg (3,3000 lbs). The largest specimin was likely over 7 m (23 ft) range, based on the skull currently housed in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in France.

(Image: A saltwater crocodile () out for a swim by David Hancock)

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[endlingmusings]

The skeleton of an elephant bird on display alongside other ratites, both extant and extinct, in the Galerie de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie comparée. The gallery is part of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, France. [ x ]

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Muséum national d'histoire naturelle of Paris, France.

[philoursmars]

Il y a une petite quinzaine, je suis allé avec Julien et Katie, au Louvre-Lens pour une expo temporaire : "Animaux Fantastiques". Une très belle expo ! Ici des dragons et leurs cousins, les dinosaures !

John Martin, illustrateur pour le livre de Thomas Hawkins - "Le Livre des grands dragons de la mer, ichtyosaures et plésiosaures" -Londres,1840

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins - Iguanodon - Londres,1855 (on est bien loin de la représentation actuelle de ce dinosaure !!) - et...voir le dernier.

les 3 suivants : Rahan, Bibi Fricotin et autres magazines des années 70

Eric Pellé - "Multispecies incroyabilis" (E. Pellé est un préparateur en ostéologie du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle)

[detournementsmineurs]

"Grand Noctilion" par Christian Ziegler (2016) à l'exposition "Les Plus Belles Photographies de la Vie Sauvage" proposée par le National Geographic au Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille dans le Palais Longchamp, avril 2023.

[waterlilyunit3]

Customer Profile Board and Synopsis

My customer is a traveling fashion exhibition. The exhibition will feature in Natural History Museums as a ‘Landforms and Landscapes’ inspired collection. Many museums include London Natural History Museum, The American Museum of Natural History (New York), The Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle (Paris National Museum of Natural History), The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum), Oxford University Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo), Beijing Museum of Natural History, and the National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C).  

The exhibition will contain the ‘Landforms and Landscapes’ inspired collection, as well as visuals of the inspiration and images of landforms. It will also be interactive as samples of fabric and textures will be placed around the gallery for exhibitors to touch. The gallery will be a free access unless the museum that the exhibition is based in is already free, and it will also be accessible to anyone and all ages, giving anyone the chance to experience.  

List of Museums:

• The American Museum of Natural History (New York)  

• London Natural History Museum 

• National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C)  

• Beijing Museum of Natural History 

• National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo) 

• Oxford University Museum of Natural History 

• The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum) 

• The Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle (Paris National Museum of Natural History) 

116 museums in the UK that contain Natural History, with 17 museums devoted to the entire topic of natural history. Roughly 200 museums across the U.S. not including the bug museums in New York and D.C. List of natural history museums in the United States - Wikipedia. List of natural history museums - Wikipedia 

[entomoblog]

Pollinisation : un équilibre en péril

See on Scoop.it - EntomoNews

À travers l’étude révélatrice des interactions entre plantes à fleurs et pollinisateurs, l’autrice met en lumière le délitement progressif de ce maillage essentiel à la vie sur Terre. Pour inverser la tendance, elle propose de rétablir une autre forme d’interactions : celles entre l’humanité et le reste du vivant.

  Un monde sans abeilles

Mercredi 18 septembre 2024

Mathieu Vidard

  Les rares études menées sur le déclin des insectes concluent à une disparition de deux tiers à trois quarts de la masse d'insectes en seulement l’espace de quelques décennies.

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Emmanuelle Porcher Écologue, chercheuse et enseignante au Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle

  Écologue et biologiste de l’évolution, professeure au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Emmanuelle Porcher est directrice du Centre d’écologie et des sciences de la conservation. Elle est très impliquée dans les programmes de sciences participatives. Emmanuelle Porcher a été titulaire de la Chaire Biodiversité et Ecosystèmes du Collège de France pendant l’année 2023/2024. Sa leçon inaugurale « Pollinisation : un équilibre en péril » est parue en juin dernier aux Editions du Collège de France.

[plaques-memoire]

Plaque en hommage à : Joseph Lakanal

Type : Lieu de décès

Adresse : 10 rue de Birague, 75004 Paris, France

Date de pose : Inconnue

Texte : Joseph Lakanal, membre de la Convention nationale, réorganisateur de l'instruction publique, né à Serres (Comté de Foix) le 14 juillet 1762, est mort dans cette maison le 14 février 1846.

Quelques précisions : Joseph Lakanal (1762-1846) est un homme politique française. Lors de la Révolution française, il siège dans le gouvernement de la Convention nationale. Il se distingue par ses actions en faveur de l'éducation et de l'enseignement : il promeut la création de milliers d'écoles primaires et la fondation des premières Écoles normales. Il fut également moteur dans la formation du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle et de l'Institut de France. Ayant également servi sous le Premier Empire, il quitte la France pour les États-Unis pendant la Restauration. Il y reviendra toutefois après plusieurs années, retrouvant un siège à l'Académie des sciences morales et politiques. Un grand nombre d'établissements scolaires français portent aujourd'hui son nom.

[evoldir]

Fwd: Postdoc: MNHN_Paris.ExtinctionHistoricalDNA

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Postdoc: MNHN_Paris.ExtinctionHistoricalDNA > Date: 3 July 2024 at 05:11:50 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > Postdoctoral position in population genetics – Using a genetic time > series and historical DNA to understand extinction risk > > Understanding susceptibility to extinction using historical museum > specimens as a genetic time series > > Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (UMR ISYEB), Paris > > Project leader: Ben Warren > Project members planned to advise the postdoc in analyses: Yann Bourgeois, > Lounes Chikhi. > > Collaborator : Zhangyi He (BICR, UK). > > Co-investigators: Catherine Theves and Ludovic Orlando (CAGT, Toulouse), > Julian Hume (NHM, UK). > > Evolutionary history is expected to play a major role in determining > which species decline in population size to extinction in response > to environmental change, but the processes by which this comes about > are poorly understood. Although population genetic studies provide > much promise to understand the microevolutionary processes behind > macroevolutionary patterns of extinction risk, inferences can be limited > by our confidence in the timescales inferred, and by the scale of such > studies, which frequently include only one lineage. The postdoc will > tackle both of these issues, benefitting from a unique genome-wide time > series including pre-human reference points for multiple Mascarene island > bird lineages that differ in abundance and other biological traits. > > Islands in the Mascarene archipelago (Mauritius & Réunion), Indian Ocean, > are unusual among sizable and biologically diverse landmasses worldwide, > in that they had no human population until European arrival 400 years > ago. Therefore, there exist museum samples and subfossils spanning the > full duration of anthropogenic environmental change, allowing a real-time > assessment of genetic response to environmental changes of known timing > and across multiple species following first human presence. > > In collaboration with others on the project the postdoc will be focussed > on population genetic analyses with the potential to make inferences > of genetic diversity, demographic change or selection, and comparing > responses to common (and severe) environmental changes across multiple > species that differ in abundance – common species versus rarer ones > (most of which are IUCN threatened). > > The genome-wide time series includes post-human genomes (~ 20 per species) > from both modern and historical (museum skin; AD 1801-1912) samples, as > well as hyRAD sequences (up to 3 per speciues; ~ 50 000 – 30 million bp) > from subfossils (many of which are pre-human). The postdoc will complete > the bioinformatics including both modern and historical DNA for at least > two species, using an existing bioinformatic pipeline. > > Work is to be conducted at the Paris Museum (MNHN, ISYEB research centre). > Candidates should have a strong interest in the broad theme of the > study - understanding the role of evolutionary history in determining > which species decline towards extinction in response to environmental > change. They should also be interested in relevant population genomic > methods, and ideally have extensive experience of using them as well as > in running prior bioinformatic pipelines to obtain variants. > > Start date: 16th September 2024 is likely ideal. > > Applications should ideally be submitted before July 15th (applications > received until July 19th or until the position is filled). > > > For informal enquiries please contact: > Ben Warren (bwarren@mnhn.fr). > > To apply please email Ben Warren (bwarren@mnhn.fr) with the following, > as a single PDF: > > 1) a detailed CV with publication list, and the names and email >   addresses of three referees who can comment on your expertise; > 2) a letter of motivation explaining why you are interested in this >   position, and your specific qualifications and experiences relevant >   for the project. > > > > > > Ben Warren

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #NationalPandaDay:

Earliest published European image of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), based on the first skin sent to Europe, acquired by French missionary Armand David in China in 1869 and sent to Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.

Plate 50 in H. Milne-Edwards’ Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères (Paris, 1868-1874). BHL.

[mindblowingscience]

Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on December 4 have found the earliest-known fossil mosquito in Lower Cretaceous amber from Lebanon. What's more, the well-preserved insects are two males of the same species with piercing mouthparts, suggesting they likely sucked blood. That's noteworthy because, among modern-day mosquitoes, only females are hematophagous, meaning that they use piercing mouthparts to feed on the blood of people and other animals. "Lebanese amber is, to date, the oldest amber with intensive biological inclusions, and it is a very important material as its formation is contemporaneous with the appearance and beginning of radiation of flowering plants, with all what follows of co-evolution between pollinators and flowering plants," says Dany Azar of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Lebanese University. "Molecular dating suggested that the family Culicidae arose during the Jurassic, but previously the oldest record was mid-Cretaceous," says André Nel of the National Museum of Natural History of Paris (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris). "Here we have one from the early Cretaceous, about 30 million years before." The Culicidae family of arthropods includes more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes. The new findings suggest that male mosquitoes in the past fed on blood as well, according to the researchers. They also help to narrow the "ghost-lineage gap" for mosquitoes, they say.

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Paris, France - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle : Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée (12/2023)

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