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 […]
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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
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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
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October 16, 2023 Within the LIFE for Falcons project, Green Balkans and the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) organised the International Saker Falcon Conference in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) from 12 until 15 October 2023. At the conference species experts shared their experiences in Saker Falcon conservation and research. Over 50 participants from
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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.
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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
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Telescope for Wildlife Montenegro August 12, 2022 The Habitat Foundation supports nature researchers and conservationists in Eastern Europe. The support can be simple but nevertheless important. Recently, a telescope was donated to the NGO Wildlife Montenegro. Wildlife Montenegro is a young organisation established by a group of volunteers. The goal of the organisation is to
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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
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Telescopes for guards of National Park Divjakë-Karavasta, Albania May 20, 2020 Divjakë-Karavasta National Park is a lagoon on the coast of Albania with one of the last breeding colonies of the Dalmatian Pelican in Albania. In the late 20th century, the colony fared poorly due to the drop in water levels in the lagoon. From
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Balkan Mammal Network May 20, 2018 On 10-12 May 2018 28 representatives of nature research and conservation institutes came together in Bankya, Bulgaria to talk about the conservation of mammals on the Balkans. They represented 8 countries in Southeast Europe: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece, and Romania. The meeting was part
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