Biodiversity Heritage Library for Europe

Nature at your Home: Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)

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Do you smell ammonia in your house? It may be the presence of woodlice! They do not excrete urine, but give off ammonia gas through t...

Nature at your Home: Beech Marten (Martes foina)

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Have you spotted beech martens in your area? If so, be careful, they love to gnaw automobile wires in half! They are, however, also u...

Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)

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Did you know that silverfish belongs to an ancient order of insects (Zygentoma), which appeared on the Earth in the Carboniferous period (3...

Spotlight: Hudson's expedition

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Did you know that members of Henry Hudson's expedition were the first Europeans to have reached the famous Manhattan Island on Septembe...

Humboldt Expedition to America

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Did you know that Alexander von Humboldt was one of the first to voice the opinion that the continents bordering the Atlantic Ocean were on...
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