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Extinct Balkan population of fallow deer introduced by the Romans as far as Britain
(19 February 2024) — On 13 February 2024, international media covered two scientific papers published simultaneously in two scientific journals - PNAS and Scientific Reports - on account of their contribution to various aspects of the fallow deer evolution and distribution…

The 2nd ICAZ Medieval Period Working group meeting will be held in Sofia
(14 February 2024) — From 2-6.10.2024 in the Conference room of the Museum for the History of Sofia a Medieval Period Working group conference will take place with a focus on the animals of the Middle Ages (7th-16th century AD)…

70th Anniversary of Prof. Dr Zdravko Hubenov
(5 January 2024) — On 3 January 2024, our dear colleague and long-time scientific secretary of the museum Prof. Zdravko Hubenov turned seventy…

Assoc. Prof. Petar Shurulinkov was awarded posthumously in the “Person of the Year” competition for 2023 by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
(15 December 2023) — On 12 December 2023, for the sixteenth time in a row, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee held the ceremony of awarding the “Person of the Year” awards to activists and representatives of organisations and institutions who have worked over the past 12 months for human rights,…

The first review of the cave fauna of Costa Rica, with new data on underground animals from unexplored caves, was conducted by scientists from the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(12 December 2023) — Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Simov and Stanimira Deleva, an associated researcher at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, together with their colleagues from Costa Rica, summarise all data on the underground fauna of this “hotspot” for global biodiversity in a publication…

The Day of the National Revival Leaders sees the end of the expedition to Vietnam organised by the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
(3 November 2023) — On 1 November 2023, after almost three weeks of joint work with Vietnamese colleagues from Hanoi Pedagogical University No. 2 Xuan Hoa, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Simov, Assoc. Prof. Rostislav Bekchiev, Assoc. Prof. Mario Langurov from the…

Stefaniya Kamenova has been selected as a Citizen Science Ambassador for Bulgaria as part of the European Citizen Science Project
(1 November 2023) — Stefaniya Kamenova, PhD has been officially selected as a Citizen Science Ambassador for Bulgaria as part of the European Citizen Science Project. The project is funded by the European Union and its main objective is to coordinate and unify fragmented citizen science efforts across…

The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia and the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Publishing House presented a book “Panorama of Bulgarian Zoology” by Petar Beron, Professor Emeritus of the Museum
(4 October 2023) — On 3 October 2023, at 17:30, in “Prof. Marin Drinov” hall of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, zoology connoisseurs, colleagues and friends of Petar Beron gathered for the presentation of his latest book — “Panorama of Bulgarian Zoology”…

Meeting with the scientists of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia in the European Researchers’ Night
(2 October 2023) — On 29 September 2023 at 18:00 in the foyer of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia was opened a temporary exhibition “Contemporary challenges for Bulgarian biospeleology”, dedicated to the centennial of Bulgarian biospeleological research…

Establishment of a Bulgarian Consortium on DNA Barcoding — Bulgarian Barcode of Life with scientists from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
(29 September 2023) — On 27.09.2023 at the Prof. Marin Drinov Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was held the National Symposium “Establishment of a Bulgarian Consortium on DNA Barcoding — Bulgarian Barcode of Life”. The symposium aimed to present the existing initiatives and organisations…

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