We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.
The cookies that are categorised as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ...
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
December 3, 2024 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 the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER-BAS) have successfully bred four generations of this rare species. Breeding Romanian hamsters in captivity is part […]
Endemic Romanian hamster successfully bred in captivity Read More »
August 10, 2024 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 studied this population already for several years, found only two young mouse-talied dormice after the 2023 fires. The situation after the 2024
Again wildfires in Dormouse habitat Read More »
Wildlife cameras for Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse Since 2017, The Habitat Foundation supports the research of Nedko Nedyalkov on Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse. It is one of the five dormice that live in Europe but it is very rare. It only occurs in the most southeastern part of Europe, where Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey meet. Currently, only
Your gifts make the difference Read More »
Wildfire destroys Mouse-tailed dormouse habitat August 28, 2023 Like many other southern European countries, Bulgaria experienced several wildfires this summer. One of them raged through the only known habitat of Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse in Bulgaria. Nedko Nedyalkov, who studies this population already for several years, was in shock when he visited the area in August.
Wildfire destroys Mouse-tailed dormouse habitat Read More »
First Mouse-tailed dormice radio-tagged September 15, 2022 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 placed nest boxes, live traps and wildlife cameras. In the past five years, we learned a lot about
First Mouse-tailed dormice radio-tagged Read More »
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 fundraising campaign for the work of Nedko Nedyalkov. After 40 years without any live recordings, Nedko caught a Mouse-tailed dormouse (alive) in Southeast Bulgaria in
Grant for Mouse-tailed dormouse project Read More »
National species action plan for the Mouse-tailed dormouse November 14, 2019 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 is also include in Annex IV of the EU Habitats Directive. Because the main
National species action plan for the Mouse-tailed dormouse Read More »
