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The National Museum of Natural History presents a new collection of jaspers
(1 March 2021) — In the Acad. Ivan Kostov hall of the National Museum of Natural History, from 1st of March you could see a new collection of jaspers. The were donated to the Museum on its 130th anniversary by the authors of the monograph Mineralogy of Jaspers in Bulgaria, colleagues Prof. Ruslan…
(1 March 2021) — In the Acad. Ivan Kostov hall of the National Museum of Natural History, from 1st of March you could see a new collection of jaspers. The were donated to the Museum on its 130th anniversary by the authors of the monograph Mineralogy of Jaspers in Bulgaria, colleagues Prof. Ruslan…
First steps in the digitalisation of scientific collections of the National Museum of Natural History of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(1 February 2021) — With a new joint project, the National Museum of Natural History and the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, will digitalise one of the largest collections of biological and geological diversity in Bulgaria, stored in the scientific…
(1 February 2021) — With a new joint project, the National Museum of Natural History and the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, will digitalise one of the largest collections of biological and geological diversity in Bulgaria, stored in the scientific…
“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 and spread of pandemics that originate from wild animals, known as zoonoses.…
(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 and spread of pandemics that originate from wild animals, known as zoonoses.…
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 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The camp was situated on the shores of Durankulak Lake, NE Bulgaria,…
(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 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The camp was situated on the shores of Durankulak Lake, NE Bulgaria,…
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 of Sciences during an official ceremony held on the 9th of October 2020…
(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 of Sciences during an official ceremony held on the 9th of October 2020…
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…
(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 by an international group of scientists from Germany, Canada, Bulgaria and the US in the journal…
(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 by an international group of scientists from Germany, Canada, Bulgaria and the US in the journal…
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…