A fairly large number of torrent tributaries flow into the Rječina River, as do the runlets of numerous springs found near the river bed… they contribute significantly to the power of the Rječina River during heavy rainfall and snowmelt in the mountains…
Picromerus bidens is a shieldbug that attacks and feeds on many different types of insects, in particular butterfly caterpillars and the larvae of beetles and hymenoptera…
As part of the EU-funded Carnivora Dinarica project, a young female lynx, estimated to be two years old and weighing 16 kg, was caught in a cage trap in the hinterland of Klana…
If anyone in the territory of Gorski Kotar (foresters, hunters, hikers, mushroom gatherers, cyclists, etc.) should happen to see or find a tracking collar…
To help stop the Dinaric lynx populations from dying out, 14 lynxes from Slovakia and Romania will be relocated to Croatia and Slovenia. A lynx from Romania is already on its way to bolster the Croatian population. The relocation of lynxes is the crowning feature of the LIFE Lynx project, aimed at preventing the extinction of the lynx in the Dinarides. In Croatia, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zagreb, the Polytechnic of Karlovac and the BIOM Association are involved in the lynx repopulation programme, with the support of Public Institution “Priroda” and Risnjak National Park. The project involves the relocation to Croatia of four lynxes. We are especially happy that the first lynx for relocation to Croatia from the sub-Carpathian forests will find its new home in Gorski Kotar.
Public Institution “Priroda” has designed an educational programme, titled “The Vultures of Cres”, to allow children to learn about the Griffon vulture in an interactive and fun way. The programme was submitted for verification to the Ministry of Science and Education. In late January we received….
The Istrian bluebell (Campanula fenestrellata Feer subsp. istriaca (Feer) Dambolt) is a steno-endemic species of the Kvarner region (Photo 1). Based on recent developments in …
Heavy rain or the rapid melting of snow produces a number of torrential streams that swiftly flow down the slopes of the Obruč mountain cluster. Very interesting from a natural-science perspective, these torrents have carved gullies of differing width, depth and relief features…
Camellias are another of the park’s winter decorations that we should seek out. We can find them not far from Villa Angiolina in an enclosed area that highlights their diversity. Although the camellias are mostly still dormant, their flower buds are swollen, waiting for the weather to become a bit warmer…
Winter in Gorski Kotar is the best time to go looking for tracks of large carnivores, the wolf and the lynx in particular. All you need is a bit of snow to whiten…
