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…
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…
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…
Opening of a permanent exhibition on the invasive alien species at NMNHS
(20 January 2017) — At 2:00 PM on 26 January 2017, in the Leventis Hall of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (NMNHS) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences a permanent exhibition devoted to the invasive alien species will be opened. Those species are considered as one of the greatest threats…