The UPLB Museum of Natural History is advising all clients such as students, researchers and scientists, members of the academe, government and private sectors, as well as the general public that it is now implementing a new schedule of fees for (1) entrance to its Integrated Biodiversity Exhibit and Hortorium...
New species Philippine False Gecko described from several forest fragments of the Bicol Peninsula
A new Philippine False Gecko, named Pseudogekko hungkag, has been described from Sorsogon province by an international team of herpetologists, after thorough study of field collections made in the Bicol Region from 2015–2017.
Two Romblon-endemic reptiles rediscovered in Mt. Guiting-Guiting survey
Field biologists from the UPLB Museum of Natural History and their international collaborators are elated with the formal announcement of their rediscoveries of two reptiles – a skink and a gecko – as a result of field expeditions done in Sibuyan Island, Romblon in 2016 and 2017.
Insect samplings in UP Laguna Land Grant yield new katydid and crickets
Entomologists from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), along with international orthopterists, recently wrote on the discovery of three insects new to science -- a katydid and two crickets -- from the protected areas of the UP's Land Grant in Paete, Laguna. The new species have been collected...
New MNH protocol for biological specimen ID services
To ensure continuity of public service while transitioning into the “New Normal” ushered by the CoVID-19 pandemic, the Museum will be adapting its services to reduce travel by clients to the Museum and the university.
Implementation of contactless Scientific Name Verification Service
Effective 08 June 2020 and until the lifting of the General Community Quarantine in the university, the Museum shall conduct in a contactless manner its Scientific Name Verification Service for UPLB thesis students, enumerated below:
New MNH protocol for client visits
Effective 08 June 2020 and until the lifting of the General Community Quarantine in UPLB, the Museum shall enforce the protocol enumerated below before any visit from person/client coming from outside the University is allowed:
A message this International Museum Day
Today, May 18, is International Museum Day, celebrated worldwide. As our own museum is closed due to the pandemic, we wish to share with you a message from the Chair of the International Committee for University Museums and Collections of the International Council of Museums. -xoxo-
A jump of joy for these three new spiders from Luzon
We sat down with Dr. Aimee Lynn B. Dupo, an entomologist and first asked how spiders jump for joy. "Well, for one, spiders do not just go hopping around just for the fun of it," she smiled. "Jumping spiders of the spider family Salticidae use their jumping ability to pounce...
Filipino hymenopterists honored with new species
Two new species of sphecid or thread-waisted wasps have been described by UPLB entomologists as homage to Filipino scientists who blazed the taxonomic trail for Philippine Hymenoptera. Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, which includes sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.