The all-important "Catalogue of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Malay Archipelago" has been published by taxonomy and systematics journal Zootaxa as a monograph, authored by Professor Emeritus Leonila A. Corpuz-Raros, curator of the UPLB Museum of Natural History, and fellow acarologist Dr. Sergey Ermilov of Tyumen State University, Tyumen,...
Important Advisory: MNH temporary closure due to COVID-19 threat and enhanced community quarantine
Effective 17 March until 12 April 2020, the UPLB Museum of Natural History shall be closed in line with UPLB Office of the Chancellor Memo No. 48. Services such as tours, access to collections, biological specimen identification and others which require physical entry to the Museum is now suspended until...
“Bird of Prey” to circle UPLB
The UPLB Museum of Natural History, UPLB Zoological Society and the Philippine Eagle Foundation bring you the highly acclaimed film, Bird of Prey. Catch it on the following dates and venues:
2019 ANRRC | 11th Asian Network of Research Resource Centers International Meeting
The 11th International Meeting of the Asian Network of Research Resource Centers will be held in the Philippines on 16-19 October 2019 inside the beautiful campus of the University of the Philippines Los Banos!
Two new mountain-dwelling mice in PH eat worms like kids slurping spaghetti
When we think of rodents and mice, we usually think of them as gnawing critters which will bite into anything they can fancy on. We hate them and consider them as pests, especially when they are inside our homes. But these two new species of mice, the first discovered in...
There are bugs that make spit, and four have been found in the Philippines
If you are a curious outdoors person, you may at least once have come across frothy slime smeared on vegetation. Your first thought may have been, “Gross! How could anyone spit around so carelessly?” But the chances of you touching another persons' sputum even on a hike are quite small....
Invitation for participants: International Meeting of the ANRRC
We are pleased to invite you to the 11th Asian Network of Research Resource Centers (ANRRC) International Meeting (ANRRC 2019). This year, the Philippines, through the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and the UPLB Museum of Natural History, is a proud host to the event which will be...
Remembering James and his new cricket
I was not surprised at all when I heard that a new species of cricket was named after a very good friend. The publication had good timing, released online just three days before what should have been his 28th birthday. Today, May 8 marks five months since he has passed...
Indiana Jones of Botany passes away
The UPLB Museum of Natural History is saddened by the sudden passing last week of Dr. Graham Charles George Argent, Research Associate of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and a member of the International Board of Advisors of the Museum's journal, Laksambuhay.
From the surfing capital of the Philippines, three new crickets are now described
A “mute” one and two “singing” are the new species of crickets just described from Siargao Island, the surfing capital of Philippines, this 2019. A result of surveys done last year in several areas of Del Carmen town of this island in Mindanao, the new crickets reinforce scientific literature that...