Dubašnica, in the hinterland of Malinska on Krk Island, is a woodland area. Some of the traditions of its interesting rural and pastoral past have been preserved to the present day. Among these are eight ponds…
Nest of the Polistes wasp
On the dry meadows and rock pastures of Rijeka’s environs we can often come across the nests of wasps in the genus Polistes. The best known wasp in this genus is P. gallicus…
International Vulture Awareness Day
The first Saturday in September is International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD). This year Public Institution “Priroda”, the Zagreb City Zoo and the BIOM Association will …
The sounds of nature
The sounds produced by grasshoppers, cicadas and crickets contribute to the aural diversity of the woodland and grassland habitats of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Almost all …
Kamačnik – encroachment of meadows
Where torrential streams below the hamlet of Japići flow into Kamačnik, there is a flood plain with meadows threatened by the succession of plant species…
Project CEETO and Conference on Protected Areas and Sustainable Tourism
We are pleased to announce that a conference focusing on the management of sustainable tourism in protected areas and Natura 2000 sites will be held 22 – 24 October 2018 in Opatija under the organization of WWF Adria…
Marko ZiP the Lynx caught by the eye of a wildlife camera!
Marko ZiP the Lynx was caught in a cage trap on February 15, 2018 in the forests near Lič Polje and was fitted with a …
Endemic thyme found at new site
This year the time for lizard orchid monitoring coincided with the end of the blossoming of this rare orchid, which made spotting and counting the individual plants in the field rather difficult. However, it did help us to discover yet another rare and interesting species…
The Beli Visitor Centre promotional campaign
The promotional campaign of the Beli Visitor Centre and Griffon Vulture Rescue Centre was launched in late May. Upon selection of the winning design by Tihana Starčević for the Centres’ visual identity, focus was on planning and carrying out promotional activities…
Martin the Lynx celebrates its first birthday in the wild
A historic feat: The first case in Croatia of a rescued lynx cub that was rehabilitated and returned into the wild…