Call for 3rd Biospeleological Expedition - Mali Šibenik 2021 After much thought and deliberation, we decided to organize the 3rd Biospeleological Expedition this year. The expedition is organized by CBSS and Breganja. As the research area, we chose the area we call "Mali Šibenik", but in fact we haven't even managed to scratch the surface
Impressions from the lecture “The riches of the Mljet underground” The lecture "The riches of the Mljet underground" was held on Wednesday, October 6th, 2021, by dr.sc. Martina Pavlek in the wonderful surroundings of the Galerija Stara skula in Goveđari on the Mljet island. We would like to thank everyone for the great turnout and
Lecture "The riches of the Mljet underground" We invite you to the lecture "The riches of the Mljet underground", which will be held on Wednesday, October 6th in the "Stara skula" Gallery in Goveđari, starting at 6 p.m., by dr. sc. Martina Pavlek! Find details about the lecture here.
The field survey at the Paklenica National Park, part 2 In the period of August 23rd to 27th, 2021, as part of the project “Biospeleological and speleological research of underground fauna and caves of Paklenica Nacional Park”, we explored cave fauna in nine caves and pits. Five we explored for the National Park for the
Ayalon cave in Israel is saved from submerging! Very nice news! Ayalon cave in Israel was saved from submerging! The effort and letters of support from many Israeli and international scientists, among others CBSS, paid off and the planned submerging of the cave as part of a larger hydrotehnical intervention was cancelled. Ayalon cave is
The field survey at the Paklenica National Park, part 1 On July 28th and 29th, 2021, we spent at the Paklenica National Park taking the coordinates of the new unexplored caves and pits that we plan to explore in a field survey at the end of August 2021. Stay tuned!
The book „Caves of the Island of Mljet in pictures and words” has just been published thanks to the long-standing cooperation between CBSS and the National Park Mljet Mljet National Park The book contains the knowledge and results of research in the caves of Mljet coming from different research fields such as geology, geomorphology, archaeology,
The start of the project Inventarisation of cave fauna in selected caves in the municipality of Rakovica and biospeleological monitoring of Gornja Baraćevea špilja cave This year, in cooperation with the Public Institution Barać Caves, we will monitor cave funa in the Gornja Baraćeva špilja cave and carry out fauna inventory in Velesova jama, Jama pod
25th Anniversary of the Croatian Biospeleological Society The Croatian Biospeleological Society was founded on February 21nd, 1996. Thanks to all members, all other speleological associations, scientific institutions, public and private organisations, and all others who have supported or participated in the projects of the CBSS! We hope and plan to celebrate this Anniversary during 2021!
Congeria kusceri is competing for "Mollusc of the Year 2021" Congeria kusceri - freshwater cave bivalve known from only a few localities in Croatia, needs your vote to win "Mollusc of the Year 2021". Video in English. Please vote on this link.
