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)…
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.…
Wildfires threatened the only existing population of Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse in Bulgaria this summer. Action is needed to save this dormouse for Europe’s fauna.
The garden dormouse is losing terrain in Europe. Since 1978 it disappeared from half of its range. Mammal Conservation Europe started a Europe-wide initiative to stop the decline. The garden…
Since its rediscovery in 2017, The Habitat Foundation supports the research and conservation of Roach’s Mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi) in Bulgaria. In the area where the dormouse was found, we…
Every three years, scientists, conservationists, naturalists and volunteers gather to exchange knowledge and experience on dormice (Gliridae). In 2022, The Habitat Foundation, together with the National Museum of Natural History…
The 11th International Dormice Conference starts today. This time the conference takes place in the southeast of Bulgaria, in the realm of Roach’s Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi). Nedko Nedyalkov of…
The Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service, in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage supports the research on Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse (Myomimus roachi). In 2017 we started a…
You are invited to take part in the XIth International Dormouse Conference 2022 in Svilengrad, Bulgaria. The conference will take place from May 9th till 13th, 2022. For more info…
The Dutch Mammal Society donated 50 Longworth live traps to Ukrainian mammalogists.