May 22 - International Day of Biodiversity and Nature Protection Day Today we want to remind you that the Dinarides are the world's hotspot of subterranean fauna biodiversity. Here is also a new article with the revision of the troglobiotic genus Zospeum (Gastropoda) with the description of five new species from the Dinarides.

Biospeleological research in the Kornati National Park This year we are exploring cave animals in the Kornati National Park. In 2017 and 2018 we conducted cave fauna inventory in 28 caves and pits and 3 wells on the Kornati islands. Altogether 74 taxa were recorded, with 13 taxa ecologically classified as troglobionts. As some of

Seven new species of subterranean beetles Six new species of subterranean beetles from the genus Thaumastocephalus are described from Croatia, and one more species from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two species are described from Biokovo Mt. Here we highlight the species T. troglavi from the pit Sistem Velika-Velika. This pit was discovered and explored in 1985

Derossiella lukici – new species of subterranean beetles from Biokovo Mt in Croatia New species of subterranean beetle is described from the pit Biokovka, Biokovo Mt by our members Roman Lohaj and Teo Delić. This species is endemic to Biokovo Mt. Beside type locality, it is also found in the pit Pretnerova jama. Although the

2nd Biospeleological expedition - Pelješac 2019 On Friday, April 19 the 2nd Biospeleological Expedition - Pelješac 2019 starts. :) The organizers are CBSS and Breganja Association. The main goals are a comprehensive survey of underground habitats and animals throughout the Pelješac peninsula and a speleological exploration of newly discovered caves. During two field researches that

Annual general meeting Dear members and friends of CBSS, we invite you to the Annual general meeting of CBSS on April 15th, 2019 at 19:30, at the address Savski kuti, Lomnička 3 in Zagreb (right next to the office of the CBSS: http://www.hbsd.hr/Kontakt.html). Agenda: A welcoming word from the CBSS president Secretariat’s Report Cashier’s Report

The first prehistoric figurative cave art in Balkans At Romuald's Cave in Istria were identified Palaeolithic rock art paintings. Besides graphic units such as dots, lines and colored marks, some images are identified as zoomorphic figures (a bison and an ibex) and as anthropomorphic figures. They were painted with red pigment and are 30 000

Longest salt cave in the world Our members Branko Jalžić, Petra Kutleša, Marta Malenica and Matija Čepelak participated in the expedition to Malham cave, Mt Sedom (Mt Sodom), Israel which became the longest salt cave in the world! Malham cave is located in the south part of the Dead Sea in Israel. The cave is

Technologies in biology: bats On Monday, February 18, 2019, at 6 pm in the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb is the opening of the exhibition "Technologies in Biology: Bats". The exhibition was created based on research and bats telemetry during projects on the island of Lokrum. Projects were conducted by CBSS in cooperation with

Teeth of a fossil fish found in a cave on the island Korčula Our member Branko Jalžić was a part of a cave research team who is responsible for finding fossil fish teeth old at least 100 million years. The teeth were found in a cave called Borovčeva jama discovered recently this year in the