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Natural Sciences Department

Odsjek: Prirodne nauke

The department comprises the Geology Section, the Zoology Section, and the Botany Section. The rich collections of the department contain living organisms and non-living matter found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries. Today they total two million samples and specimens, mostly collected in the field, or, sometimes, obtained through exchange, received as donations or purchased.

Some of the material is stored in the scientific collections of the relevant sections, while some is displayed in permanent exhibitions in the Natural Sciences Pavilion.

The following exhibitions are at display:

The Natural Sciences Department was assigned its own pavilion in 1913, after the four pavilions were erected. The Botanic Garden and its live collections, located in the central part of the museum grounds between the pavillions, was founded that same year.

Exhibitions

Prirodne nauke, insekti, vilin konjic

Balkan goldenring — Cordulegaster heros Theischinger

Dragonflies are among the oldest known insects. Their ancestors lived on the Earth more than 300 million years ago. Some of these insects had incredible proportions; with a wing span of 70 cm, they were the largest insects that ever existed.

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Natural sciences, zoology, insect, beetle, Rosalia

Rosalia longicorn — Rosalia alpina (Linnaeus)

Beetles (Coleoptera) are the most numerous insect group and the largest group of living beings on the planet, with about 400,000 described species to date. Of that number, around 29,000 are distributed in Europe, but there are no reliable data on the number of species in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Odjeljenje za prirodne nauke, zoologija, insekti, kukci, pećine, endem, endemska vrsta

Anthroherpon cylindricollis (Apfelbeck)

The Dinaric karst covers the better part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is extremely abundant in various underground habitats, where a plethora of species live, many of them endemic.

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Natural sciences, zoology, insect, moth, Atlas

Atlas moth — Attacus atlas (Linnaeus)

Its wing span the largest of its kind in the world, its beauty on par with the most beautiful butterflies, the Atlas moth is one of the most interesting moths in the world. It inhabits Southeast Asia, especially the Malay Archipelago. It is a member of the Saturniidae family. 

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Odjeljenje za prirodne nauke, geologija, geološka prošlost, riba, gornja jura

Fossils

Named after the Latin word fossilis – to excavate, fossils are remains of organisms which lived in the geological past and were preserved in the Earth's crust.

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