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Researchers working in the basement of the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren have discovered a nest of spiders of a sort never before seen in Belgium.
In Brussels yesterday, the famous statue of Manneken Pis was dressed up in traditional African rancher garb and made to “pee milk” instead of water in honour of World Milk Day.
Police officers in Brussels are no longer allowed to take patrol dogs or horses with them to the front line at riots or demonstrations, due to too many incidents, according to Interior Minister Jo
Brussels is now home to too many bees as a result of companies, municipal authorities and other organisations trying to present a more “green” image, according to environmental group Apis Bruoc Se
More than one and a half tonnes of illegal ivory was pulverised at the Colonial Palace of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, on April 9.
Earlier this week, the European Commission presented the findings of the Epilobee study, the most comprehensive research project ever on the mortality of cultivated bee colonies in Europe.
At the start of the Easter holiday on Saturday, Planckendael animal park in Mechelen will open its new ‘Penguin Promenade’ to the public.
For the eleventh year in a row, a pair of peregrine falcons has taken up nest in the tower of the St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral in the centre of Brussels.
A team from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) led by gynaecologist Thomas D’Hooghe, is performing tests on 20 baboons at the Institute of Primate Research in Kenya.
