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“Wild Pandemics” — a new exposition at the National Museum of Natural History at BAS — [5 November 2020] — Starting from November 10th, 2020, on the fourth floor foyer of the museum visitors can view our new exhibit Wild Pandemics, dedicated to the most relevant topic today — the emergence…
Durankulak 2020 bird ringing camp — [4 November 2020] — During the period 15 August — 1 November 2020 Durankulak 2020 bird ringing camp was organised with the substantial financial help of National Museum of Natural History at the…
Petar Beron, Professor Emeritus of the National Museum of Natural History, was awarded with the Sign of Distinction of the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences — [13 October 2020] — Petar Beron, Professor Emeritus of the National Museum of Natural History at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, was awarded the Sign of Distinction of the President of the Bulgarian Academy…
DNA metabarcoding and spatial modelling link diet and distribution in European bats — [23 April 2020] — The paper was published in Nature Communications by a team of 10 European researcher led by Dr Antton Alberdi from the University of Copenhagen…
Remains of a new hominid from Germany (more than 11.5 million years old) change our views on the evolution of great apes and humans — [6 November 2019] — The discovery of a 11.62 Million-year-old ape skeleton in Germany now fundamentally changes our views on the early evolution of the human family. These spectacular finds are announced…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…