2026 has been declared the Year of the Little Owl by Vogelbescherming Nederland, Sovon bird research, and the national Little Owl working group Stone. The goal is extra attention and action for this small, recognizable owl species, which has declined significantly in numbers in recent decades and...
André Buzin is a major name in the Belgian philatelic world. He has been designing flora and fauna on Belgian stamps for 40 years, and is best known for his drawings of birds. On October 20, 2025, bpost issued five birds...
Last chance: Avifauna is open through November 2, 2025. So visit Avifauna during the autumn holidays with your children or grandchildren. It will be a wonderful day among the birds and small mammals in their natural habitat. In 2025, Avifauna Bird Park celebrates its 75th anniversary...
The Stedelijk presents the exhibition Oltre Terra, a research project by design studio Formafantasma on the history, ecology, and global impact of wool production. Humans have strongly influenced the evolution of sheep, but sheep have also contributed to human history. Oltre Terra...
Who isn't familiar with the phenomenon? Along the side of the road, a bird of prey hangs motionless in the air, flapping its wings and searching for food: a 'hovering' kestrel. Unfortunately, this mouse-eater is struggling. That is why Vogelbescherming and Sovon, together with several...
EIS Knowledge Centre Insects, together with Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Wasp Foundation, the Dutch Entomological Society, and the youth organizations JNM and NJN, took the initiative for the Year of the Wasp. Through public and research activities (e.g. lectures, excursions, and wasp counts), they aim to...
The 'Experience Nature - Birds Bonaire' sheet prompts a comparison of previous stamps featuring Bonaire's 'birds' theme. How are these stamps designed, and which stamps do you find the best in terms of design? The old or the current stamps?...
2024 is the Year of the House Sparrow. Every year, Sovon and Vogelbescherming select a bird species that could use some extra attention. The house sparrow is one of the best-known and most numerous birds in our country. Because they always...
You are naturally familiar with Dutch nature because you enjoy walking in the forests and dunes yourself and appreciating the landscapes. It also helps that PostNL has been issuing 'Experience Nature' stamps for many years. The...
We are staying in Willemstad for a little while longer because the Willemstad Five-Euro coin was issued by KNM (Royal Dutch Mint) on February 2, 2023. Afterwards, the King and Queen and Princess Amalia visit the Leeward Islands: Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten from February 6...
On Easter Sunday, April 5, 1722, explorer Jacob Roggeveen accidentally discovered an island off the coast of Chile. Roggeveen was searching for the Southern Continent but found an island (later named Easter Island) with mega statues (Moai) on...
Naturalis has won the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA). The natural history museum in Leiden is described by the jury as 'a very inventive museum with beautiful exhibitions'. The museum, officially called the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, received the award under...
Do you remember the small sheet of flower gifts with flower seeds from 2007? A prestige booklet, number 15, was also published. Did you know that in 2007 there were plans for a joint issue with Austria? And that Austria decided at the last minute to... itself
Images have been released of the PostNL stamp issues that will appear in the coming months. There are some surprising designs among them, and we are very curious what you think of them. June 19 Delicacies Life in the North Sea July 17 Museum Voorlinden...
Stamps with face values of 1 dollar and higher had long been included in the range in Canada. The last ones were issued in March 1975 with the theme of the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. In 1979 and thereafter, similar...
On May 28, a toddler slipped through the enclosure of the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo and ended up meters below, among the gorillas. Harambe, the 17-year-old silverback who was imprisoned there, paid for this with his life...
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