1st Biospeleological Expedition – Biokovo 2017, 2. circular Dear friends, enclosed please find the 2nd circular for the 1st Biospeleological Expedition – Biokovo 2017, which will last from 17th to 25th of June, 2017. Please forward this e-mail to all colleagues who might be interested in the Expedition. If the date of the Expedition does

The first European cave fish Subterranean biodiversity in Europe is spectacularly rich, with the Western Balkans being home to about 400 cave species, representing the highest number of species per area worldwide. Nonetheless, cave fish, which are the most commonly found vertebrates in underground habitats, have not been described in Europe so far. Two years

Krypyonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov., description of new genus and new species of spiders Member of Croatian Biospeleological Society Martina Pavlek published an article describing a new genus and a new species of spiders. You can read the article at the link.

A project of our member has been acknowledged as one of the 30 most representative projects of the EU program Marie Curie in the last 20 years A project of our member, Martina Pavlek, has been acknowledged as one of the 30 most representative projects of the EU program Marie Curie in the last 20

Elective general meeting Dear members and friends, we invite you to the Annual and elective general meeting of CBSS on Thursday, 23rd February 2017 at 19:00, at the address Savski kuti, Lomnička 3 in Zagreb (right next to the office of the CBSS: http://www.hbsd.hr/Kontakt.html).  

The media's interest in the underground richness of Krka National Park That the results presented in the lecture by the Croatian Biospeleological Society "Exploring underground invertebrate fauna in Šibenik-Knin County for monitoring methodology development" is significant not only for the scientific community but also for the general public, was confirmed by the BBC by publishing

Exhibition and lecture at Days of Speleology in Karlovac 2016 Jana Bedek, a member of the Croatian Biospeleological Society held a lecture "World under World" in the Congress Hall of Aquatika - Freshwater aquarium Karlovac on 4th November 2016 as part of the Days of Speleology in Karlovac 2016, organized by the Speleological Society "Karlovac".

CBSS on ''Science Quarter'' Members of the Croatian Biospeleological Society participated in the ''Science Quarter'' from November 8th to 10th, fun and educational part of the International Book Fair in Zagreb – INTERLIBER. Visitors had an opportunity to take a look at subterranean fauna through a stereo microscope and learn about the importance of protecting

1st Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology From September 23rd to 24th in the facilities of Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, the 1st Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology was held which was organized by the Croatian biospeleological society and RBI. At the symposium, there were many as 60 participants from 9 countries. A lot of interesting

Dive in the river Jadro spring - surprising speleological discovery Members of the Croatian Biospeleological Society on 9th February 2016 visited the river Jadro spring to obtain material for the 3rd volume of the book "The Cave Type Localities Atlas of Croatian Fauna". In proximity to the river Jadro spring, three species of underground water