Forum for Science, Doubt & Art
GUM

Forum for Science, Doubt & Art

The GUM (Ghent University Museum & Botanical Garden) is the first officially recognized university museum in Flanders. Located in the heart of the University’s Botanical Garden, a green gem in the city of Ghent, the museum and garden form a unified entity. Together, the GUM and the Botanical Garden...

EurOBIS celebrates its 20th anniversary with a super-harvest!
20 years EurObis

EurOBIS celebrates its 20th anniversary with a super-harvest!

Over its 20 years’ existence, EurOBIS formed alliances with European initiatives as a supporting infrastructure and network. Major milestones include EurOBIS serving as the data backbone of the European Marine Observations and Data Network Biology (EMODnet Biology) since 2009 and being part of the central Species Information Backbone of LifeWatch since 2014.
Closing the WoRMS 15th anniversary celebrations with an opinion paper
Closing the WoRMS 15th anniversary celebrations with an opinion paper

Closing the WoRMS 15th anniversary celebrations with an opinion paper

In follow-up of the 10th anniversary paper on WoRMS, the Data Management Team is proud to present a paper celebrating the 15th anniversary of WoRMS: "The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) through the looking glass: insights from the Data Management Team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS".
Ocean Census' search for 100,000 new species will boost WoRMS
Ocean Census

Ocean Census' search for 100,000 new species will boost WoRMS

A new Ocean Census plans major expeditions in all corners of the ocean over the next 10 years, aiming to discover 100,000 new species.  In time, the new species will also boost the World Marine Species Register (WoRMS).
SeaWatch-B citizen science data confirm climate change
SeaWatch-B

SeaWatch-B citizen science data confirm climate change

The first report "What is the state of the North Sea?" by the LifeWatch citizen science project SeaWatch-B shows that the Belgian North Sea is affected by human activities, more in particular climate change. Cold-water species such as the North Sea shrimp are decreasing in number compared to a...

Patterns in nature: WoRMS images in a unique design book
shell pattern

Patterns in nature: WoRMS images in a unique design book

The book Coding, Shaping, Making combines inspiration from architecture, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and other fields to look towards the future of architecture, design and art. It presents ongoing experiments in the search for fundamental principles of form and form-making. This enables us to...

WoRMS press release: Ten remarkable new marine species from 2023
WoRMS press release: Ten remarkable new marine species from 2023

WoRMS press release: Ten remarkable new marine species from 2023

As for previous years, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has again released its annual list of the top-ten marine species described by researchers during the past year to coincide with World Taxonomist Appreciation Day on March 19th!
Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2023
Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2023

Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2023

Once again taxonomists have continued to publish many wonderful new species throughout the last year. As we approach the end of 2023 it is time to think about nominations for The WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2023!