Two new species of endogean and cavernicolous Paramaurops (Coleoptera) from Croatia Paramaurops alenkirini was described from the cave Golubinka u gaju (Vrgorac) and the species Paramaurops struyvei was found by soil washing on the Učka Mountain. According to this article, there are 4 species of the genus Paramaurops in Croatia, while 3 species of the

What connects Croatian sport legend Mate Parlov with the ground-dwelling spider Harpactea mateparlovi? The new species of spider Harpactea mateparlovi has “muscular” pedipalps, which distinguish this very tiny spider (7 mm) from other species in this genus. This characteristic reminded scientists of the Croatian boxer and Champion Mate Parlov. Harpactea mateparlovi was found in several

First species of testate amoebae described from karstic caves in the world - Centropyxis bipilata In the karstic caves of the Dinaric arc, scientists also conduct research on testate amoebae and other groups of Protista. These are very small organisms ranging from ten to a couple of hundred micrometers. They inhabit aquatic and terrestrial cave

Dear members and friends of CBSS, we invite you to the General assembly of CBSS on June 8th, 2020 at 20:00, at the address Savski kuti, Lomnička 3 in Zagreb (right next to the office of the CBSS). Agenda: A welcoming word from the CBSS president Secretariat’s Report Cashier’s Report Supervisory board Report Change of

Bats do not spread COVID-19 In several regions of the world various communities and governmental authorities have been culling bats in a misplaced effort to combat the disease COVID-19. We are sharing here notification of the Secretariats of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the Agreement on the Conservation

Research in the Barać Caves We spent the last weekend of February exploring the Barać caves as part of the project "Inventarisation of cave fauna, defining of conservation measures and guidelines development for the monitoring", which you can read about here.

Lecture "Cave spiders of the Dinarides - DNA, biogeography and ecological modeling in the light of climate change" Lecturer: Martina Pavlek Spiders are one of the most numerous groups of invertebrates in the caves of the Dinarides, and as apex predators, they play an irreplaceable role in maintaining the stability of the cave ecosystem. Although

Presentation of the book PROTEUS "PROTEUS" is the first monograph on olm (Proteus anguinus), published in Croatian and English. The presentation of the book will be held at Hrvatski novinarski dom, Perkovčeva ulica 2,  Zagreb, on Monday, January 27th, 2020 at 6 pm. You can find more information here.

Lecture "Egypt" Lecturers: Tatjana Vujnović and Helena Bilandžija If you are interested in where the whales in the Sahara come from, how the ancient Egyptians knew that a flood was coming, how Sinai is both the most dangerous and the safest place in the Middle East, how to bargain unsuccessfully with a charioteer in Luxor,