In simple ceremonies held via videoconferencing, the UPLB Museum of Natural History, with the support of its partners and stakeholders, launched today the Center for Cave Ecosystems Research (CAVES), a three-year, P 40M research program funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) NICER Program.
New book, a checklist of Philippine orb-weaver spider, is out
A new book on Philippine spiders, focusing on the orb-weavers of the Family Araneidae, has been written and recently published by Dr. Aimee Lynn B. Dupo, MNH curator for spiders and moths and her co-authors Dr. Alberto T. Barrion and Mr. Joseph R. Rasalan.
Museum’s research partner gains National Geographic Society grant to save PH endangered frog
Norman Greenhawk, a 2021-2024 Fulbright Specialist and partner of the UPLB Museum of Natural History (MNH) on a pilot amphibian breeding initiative at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), recently received a grant from the National Geographic Society.
MNH joins nation in commemorating Quincentennial with “Gahum sa Buut”
The University of the Philippines System, the University of the Philippines Los Baños and the UP Los Baños Museum of Natural History joins the nation in commemorating the 500 years of the first circumnavigation of the world and the victory of Lalu-Lapu and his troops in the Battle of Mactan....
MNH’s special QCC webinars slated May to September
The UPLB Museum of Natural History gladly informs the public today, coinciding with the start of the Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines, its lineup of special webinars which will be part of the local commemorations in UP Los Banos commencing on May 17, 2021.
Museum to highlight natural history as it takes part in Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines
The Museum is full steam ahead in preparing commemorative activities in line with the National Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (NQC) which will officially start on 27 April 2021, the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan. The NQC also highlights the 500th anniversary of the Philippine part in the...
De Leon succeeds Gonzalez as the Museum’s Director
In simple ceremonies with biosafety protocols held last 22 March 2021 at the MNH Building, the directorship of the Museum was formally turned over by Dr. Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez, curator for birds and past director to Dr. Marian P. De Leon, a curator for microbes.
Museum to participate in multi-country project to monitor corona-virus
The UPLB Museum of Natural History is glad to announce that it will be participating in an upcoming research collaboration which will be conducted in Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines with funding from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
Announcing the search for a new Director of the Museum
The search for the new Director of the UPLB Museum of Natural History is now ongoing! The Search Committee is now inviting stakeholders to nominate potential candidates for the position.
Museum receives donation of assorted shells
The UPLB Museum of Natural History recently received a sizeable donation consisting of thousands of shell specimens from the Baysac family of Binan, Laguna. The Baysac Family bequeathed the specimens to the museum after several correspondences by Janet Martires of Los Baños-based NGO Yakap Kalikasan with Coordinator for Collections Management,...