Project writing workshop We held a project writing workshop for members on October 22. We are especially pleased that most of the attendees were students!

Popular springtails Springtails were a hit! At Marko Lukić's lecture "Cave Collembola - their diversity, distribution and adaptations", we didn't have enough chairs for everyone. Thank you all for your interest!

Lecture: Cave Collembola - their diversity, distribution and adaptations Are you interested in springtails? Never heard of them? Come to the lecture "Cave Collembola - their diversity, distribution and adaptations" and find out how many springtails exist, where do they live and how have they adapted to life in caves. Their peculiarities and interesting features

Exhibition "Krst and Caves of Northern Croatia" In the Museum of Neanderthals in Krapina, an exhibition called "Krst and Caves of Northern Croatia" was opened. The exhibition is set up in the old museum building (Kneipp's building) and can be viewed until October 28, 2022.

Dear members, I invite you to the Extraordinary Assembly of the CBSS on Thursday, September 8, 2022, which will start at 8:00 p.m. at Lomnička 3, Zagreb. The agenda is: 1. Voting on the Strategic Plan 2022-2024 2. Voting on the Operational Plan for 2022 We plan to apply for the funding from the National

Cave mines of the Vis island in the media ​On August 24, 2022, HINA published an article about the book Caves-mines of the island of Vis. The announcement was also shared by Novi List on its portal. You can read more about the project here.

The 25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology (Cluj-Napoca, 18-22 July 2022) ​From July 18 to 22, 2022, our members participated in The 25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology, which took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Members presented their work in a presentation or poster, many were co-authors, and some participated to expand their knowledge of subterranean

Volume III of the Cave Type Localities Atlas of Croatian Fauna was published! We are happy to present The Cave Type Localities Atlas of Croatian Fauna, Volume III. Since the publication of the Volume II of the Atlas in 2013 until today, the number of type localities has risen from 271 to 331 and of

Guest lecture by prof. Soares We invite you to a guest lecture guest lecture by prof. Daphne Soares, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA under the title: "Neurobiology of subterranean adaptations in cavefish Astyanax mexicanus". The lecture will be held on Thursday, July 14, 2022. at 19:30 at Lomnička 3a, Zagreb (premises of the MO

NGOs’ Open Days at CBSS From June 4th to 6th we particapated in the NGOs’ Open Days event, which takes place every year throughout Croatia. Our visitors could see the photo exhibition of subterranean fauna, visit the office of the CBSS, examine what cave animals look like under a microscope, and to study and the