by admin | May 25, 2022
We are all familiar with the ubiquitous image of a hummingbird hovering in front of a flower as it drinks the nectar but scientists only proved they could in fact taste sweet in 2014. Now a new study has shown that songbirds are also able to distinguish sweet tastes...
by admin | Nov 19, 2021
While space at the Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum (HKBM) is limited, the collections are not, with nearly 10,000 specimens – animals, insects, marine life plants and fungi – on display to the public and around 20,000 specimens being readied for future inclusion....
by admin | Nov 18, 2021
Named UMAG STArts, the initiative comprises a series of programmes that link with the Museum’s permanent collections and highlight interdisciplinary studies of art history, novel technologies and conservation and their multiple crossover points within science,...
by admin | May 12, 2021
Unusually for an ecologist, Dr Hannah Mumby’s first interest was anthropology. She switched track to study the ecology of big mammals beyond primates – especially elephants – to see if it could lead to new questions about our own species. But the more she studied the...
by admin | Nov 7, 2020
A great mystery in palaeoclimatology is the timing and magnitude of the second largest meltwater pulse (MWP-1B). A meltwater pulse is an abrupt rise in sea levels caused by a sudden influx of meltwater. The first MWP, known as 1A, is well documented but until now the...
