The Mouse-tailed dormouse is the rarest dormouse species of Europe, maybe the rarest mammal species of Europe. It was almost considered extinct in Europe until a Bulgarian biologist caught it (alive) in the most southeastern corner of Europe, where Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey meet.
In September the International Dormouse Conference will be held. All the specialists from Europe will gather in Liege, Belgium to exchange knowledge and experience. Or maybe not all? Not everybody is able to pay the entrance fee or the travel costs!
The European Bird Census Council (EBCC) is working on a new European Breeding Bird Atlas. Fieldwork is carried out from 2013 till 2017. You can take part.
The bears, wolves and lynxes in the Apuseni Mountains in Romania may get isolated from their family members by the new motorway between Deva and Lugoj.
Benin is a densely populated country in West-Africa. The few remaining forests are under constant threat by the expanding population. Benin's Research Centre of Biodiversity management puts a lot of effort to preserve what remains.
