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Bedbugs chose humans on several occasions in their evolutionary past
(18 May 2019) — Bedbugs rank high among the list of most unwanted human bedfellows but have been parasitic companions with other animals for more than 100 million years. Work by an international team of scientists, including Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Simov from the National Museum of Natural History in…
(18 May 2019) — Bedbugs rank high among the list of most unwanted human bedfellows but have been parasitic companions with other animals for more than 100 million years. Work by an international team of scientists, including Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Simov from the National Museum of Natural History in…
Dwarfs under dinosaur legs: 99-million-year-old millipede discovered in Burmese amber
(7 May 2019) — Even though we are led to believe that during the Cretaceous the Earth used to be an exclusive home for fearsome giants, including carnivorous velociraptors and arthropods larger than a modern adult human, it turns out that there was still room for harmless minute invertebrates measuring…
(7 May 2019) — Even though we are led to believe that during the Cretaceous the Earth used to be an exclusive home for fearsome giants, including carnivorous velociraptors and arthropods larger than a modern adult human, it turns out that there was still room for harmless minute invertebrates measuring…
New research project by the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Science will study the origin, formation and conservation of the invertebrate fauna on the Balkan Peninsula
(4 April 2019) — On December 17, 2018, the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science and the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences signed a contract for the financing of a research project on the topic: The cybertaxonomic approach to phylogenetic…
(4 April 2019) — On December 17, 2018, the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science and the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences signed a contract for the financing of a research project on the topic: The cybertaxonomic approach to phylogenetic…
Ex Wunderkammern by Regina José Galindo, Tiziana Pers
(11 August 2018) — The National Museum of Natural History in Sofia (NMNHS) hosts a new contemporary art exhibition in its halls. Titled Ex Wunderkammern, the show is an invitation from international artists Regina José Galindo and Tiziana Pers to start a dialogue about the history of this particular…
(11 August 2018) — The National Museum of Natural History in Sofia (NMNHS) hosts a new contemporary art exhibition in its halls. Titled Ex Wunderkammern, the show is an invitation from international artists Regina José Galindo and Tiziana Pers to start a dialogue about the history of this particular…
The scientific collections of the National Museum of Natural History and the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at BAS have been recognised as part of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)
(11 August 2018) — In July 2018, the scientific collections of the members of the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) were included in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) under the name Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo)…
(11 August 2018) — In July 2018, the scientific collections of the members of the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) were included in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) under the name Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo)…
A tribute to the scientist Boyan Petrov
(21 June 2018) — The scientific research and the participation of Boyan Petrov in projects related to environmental protection were presented by his colleagues in 'Prof. Marin Drinov' hall at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The meeting for the great Bulgarian mountaineer and researcher has been…
(21 June 2018) — The scientific research and the participation of Boyan Petrov in projects related to environmental protection were presented by his colleagues in 'Prof. Marin Drinov' hall at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The meeting for the great Bulgarian mountaineer and researcher has been…
Historia naturalis bulgarica goes online
(9 January 2018) — On 3 January the series Historia naturalis bulgarica, along with the previous ISSN for a printed edition got a new one and began to appear as a free access online journal…
(9 January 2018) — On 3 January the series Historia naturalis bulgarica, along with the previous ISSN for a printed edition got a new one and began to appear as a free access online journal…
How cats conquered the world
(20 June 2017) — Cats conquered the (ancient) world long before they conquered the Internet, reports a paper published this week in Nature Ecology and Evolution. The DNA analysis of over 200 cats spanning the last 9000 years reveals the spread of cats from the Neolithic onwards…
(20 June 2017) — Cats conquered the (ancient) world long before they conquered the Internet, reports a paper published this week in Nature Ecology and Evolution. The DNA analysis of over 200 cats spanning the last 9000 years reveals the spread of cats from the Neolithic onwards…
International team of scientists presents evidence that the oldest pre-humans lived 7.2 Ma ago on the Balkans
(23 May 2017) — An international scientific team from Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Canada, France and Australia, headed by Professor Madelaine Böhme (The Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen) and Professor Nikolai Spassov (National Museum…
(23 May 2017) — An international scientific team from Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Canada, France and Australia, headed by Professor Madelaine Böhme (The Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen) and Professor Nikolai Spassov (National Museum…
'Nature and people in the mountains of Pakistan' — Boyan Petrov's photo exhibition and his debut book 'The first seven'
(4 February 2017) — The National Museum of Natural History, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Sofia and VAKON Publishers present 'Nature and people in the mountains of Pakistan' — Boyan Petrov's photo exhibition and his debut book 'The first seven'…
(4 February 2017) — The National Museum of Natural History, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Sofia and VAKON Publishers present 'Nature and people in the mountains of Pakistan' — Boyan Petrov's photo exhibition and his debut book 'The first seven'…