Hamster on revised Red List
The IUCN Red List has today surpassed 120,000 species, with 120,372 species now assessed. Of these, 32,441 are threatened with extinction. European Hamster and North Atlantic Right Whale moved to…
Categorie: Species groups
Volunteering for Salviamo l’Orso in the Italian Apennines
Salviamo L’Orso is looking for passionate, dedicated and hardworking volunteers and interns (age ≥ 18) to assist in our aim to protect the critically endangered Italian Marsican brown bear.
Holohil radio transmitters for Mouse-tailed dormouse
For more than 35 years Holohil provides state-of-the-art radio-tracking equipment to wildlife researchers. Recently, the company donated 10 transmitters to the Mouse-tailed dormouse project in Bulgaria.
Bush bandits for Marbled polecat
The Marten Foundation donated 10 so-called bush bandits for research on the Marbled polecat in Montenegro.
National species action plan for the Mouse-tailed dormouse
The Mouse-tailed dormouse is one of the rarest mammals in the Western Palearctic. Because of its small distribution area, it is categorised as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List. It…
Field equipment for researchers in North Macedonia
The Dutch Mammal Society donated 50 Longworth live traps to mammal researchers in North Macedonia. A small questionnaire among mammal workers (organisations and individuals) in Eastern Europe in 2016 revealed…
Mustelids in the Balkans
The Habitat Foundation is setting up a platform to collate the knowledge about mustelids on the Balkan peninsula. The platform will be the place where researchers, ecologists, volunteers and enthusiasts…
30 Mouse-tailed dormice!
Last summer, during fieldwork in SE Bulgaria, 30 Mouse-tailed dormice were caught in live traps. Quite a lot for a species that was thought to be almost extinct in Bulgaria.…
International Dormouse Conference 2020
You are invited to take part in the XIth International Dormice Conference 2020 in Svilengrad, Bulgaria. The conference will take place from September 14th until 18th, 2020. For more info…
A new species for the Greek fauna
While analysing the content of owl pellets from the district of Evros (Greece) researchers stumbled upon a very rare species: Myomimus roachi or the Mouse-tailed dormouse. The first recording of…