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: Species groups
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…
International Bat Night
This will be the 22nd year that nature conservation agencies and NGOs from across Europe organise the International Bat Night. Don’t miss it. This is your chance to see bats…
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…
8th International Beaver Symposium
From 18th to 20th of September 2018 the 8th International Beaver Symposium will be held in Vemb, Denmark. The general topic of the symposium is “Management and Understanding of Beaver…
8th International Colloquium on Squirrels
From 4 to 8 June 2018 the 8th International Colloquium on Squirrels will take place in NUI Galway on the west Coast of Ireland. Authors are invited to submit abstracts…
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…