The international conference Wolves Across Borders is coming to The Netherlands in June 2025. Wolves have always been at the center of human-wildlife coexistence, and their management is politically polarized…
In 2022, the 11th International Dormouse Conference (IDC) took place in Svilengrad, Bulgaria, in the centre of the realm of Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi). About 100 people attended the…
After more than two years of intensive work aimed at studying the distribution and biology of the endangered Romanian hamster, scientists from the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at…
Recently, the revised Portuguese Mammal Red Data Book (2023) documented the evaluation of 16 new species in the country, belonging to four taxonomic groups: Eulipotyphla (1), Chiroptera (4), Rodentia (2)…
For the second year in a row, wildfires destroyed habitat of Roach’s Mouse-tailed Dormouse in Bulgaria. It happened in 2023 also, and the effect was devastating. Nedko Nedyalkov, who has…
Little is known about the mammals of Kosovo. In October 2023 four members of the Dutch Youth Nature Club spent a week in Kosovo searching for (small) mammals and bats.…
After more than a month of treatment and care by experts, an injured otter was returned to its habitat in Lake Skadar, Montenegro. It was the first time that people…
Marl quarries are important hideaways for bats in northwestern Europe. Thousands of bats from more than ten species, including rare species such as Pond bat and Bechstein’s bat roost here…
On the 4th September 2023 the European Commission spread a Press Release about wolves in Europe. Many reacted with indignation to the Press Release, including Mammal Conservation Europe. In the…
The Habitat Foundation supports nature researchers and conservationists in Eastern Europe. The support can be simple but nevertheless important. One of the organisations supported is NGO Wildlife Montenegro. Currently, Wildlife…