New mole species described
Until recently, it was assumed that 264 mammal species live in Europe, but in May 2018 a new species of mole has been described and the number rose to 265.…
Categorie: Research
Small mammal survey in Macedonia
The Balkan Mammal Network got into action last Summer. From 30.07.2018 to 12.08.2018, Dime Melovski from the Macedonian Ecological Society and Nedko Nedyalkov from the Bulgarian National Museum of Natural…
Mammal survey in Tivat Saline, Montenegro
The Special Flora and Fauna Reserve Tivat Saline (Tivatska solila) in Montenegro is in the so-called southernmost fjord of Europe and is under pressure of the fast-growing tourism businesses in…
Nest boxes for Mouse-tailed dormouse
The Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) is one of the five dormouse species in Europe. It is probably one of the rarest rodent species in the Western Palearctic and it is…
Boyan Petrov (1973-2018), bat researcher
On the third of May 2018 Boyan Petrov left Camp-3 for the final ascent to the top of Shishapangma (8,027 m). It would have been his eleventh eight-thousander. His goal…
2nd Jackal Symposium
From 31st of October to 2nd of November 2018 the Second International Symposium on jackals and related species will be held in Marathon Bay – Attica, Greece. The aim of…
Snow tracking for lynx and wolf in Naliboki forest
For 30 years professor Vadim Sidorovich follows lynxes and wolves in the Naliboki forest in Belarus. First as leader of the Vertebrate Predation Research Group of the Institute of Zoology…
Abstracts of 32nd Mustelid Colloquium are available
From 15 to 17 November 2017 the 32nd European Mustelid Colloquium took place. The abstracts of the presentations are available here (link opens a PDF document): Book of Abstracts Mustelid…
Nedko Nedyalkov at the International Dormouse Conference
Thanks to several private donations and a grant of the organizing committee, Nedko Nedyalkov could present his findings about the extremely rare Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) at the 10th…
The complex relations between ticks and mammals
Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common arthropod-borne disease in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, with the risk of infection associated with field work or just going for a…