The Swedish Museum of Natural History has huge collections of animals, plants, fossils, minerals and environmental samples. We have eminent researchers in zoology, botany, taxonomy, paleontology and geology, as well as in bioinformatics, bird migration, and museum education. In our modern exhibitions, people can learn about evolution, biodiversity, minerals, Polar Regions, climate, and the human body. We also have an IMAX dome – Cosmonova.
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4 May, 2016 - Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
The last population of the woolly mammoth went extinct after 6,000 years of isolation on Wrangel Island. A new study led by researchers at the Swedish Museum of Natural History shows that prior to the extinction, mammoths lost genetic diversity at a functionally-important immunity gene, which possibly made them more susceptible to disease.
24 March, 2014 - Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
A new ancient DNA study shows that the Norwegian lemming has a unique history. In contrast to other mammals in Fennoscandia, the Norwegian lemming may have survived the last Ice Age in the far north, sealed off from the rest of the world by gigantic ice sheets. This conclusion is drawn by an international team of researchers in an article published this week in the journal Molecular Ecology.
Expertsvar, The Swedish Research Council, Hantverkargatan 11B, Stockholm SWEDEN, Phone +46(0)8 546 44 000
P.O. Box 1035, SE-101 38 Stockholm, expertsvar@vr.se
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