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• Variations of coprophagous Scarabaeoidea assemblages in mountain ecosystems — [20.12.2009] — On Thursday, 10 December 2009, during the meeting of Specialised Scientific Council of Zoology and Ecology, Higher Attestation... [more]
• A monograph receives Rotary Award in the name of the Academician Metodi Popov — [14.12.2009] — On 19th November 2009, the Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology hosted the official ceremony of Rotary Annual Scientific... [more]
• Assessment and management of Dreissena invasions in the Bulgarian water bodies — [10.12.2009] — In the period 9-13 November 2009 the Institute of Zoology was visited by two scientists from the Republic of Macedonia: Prof.... [more]
• Celebration of the 90 anniversary of Corresponding Member Prof. Botyu Botev — [30.11.2009] — On 2 December 2009 (Wednesday) at 15:00 in the assembly hall of the Institute of Zoology, BAS a celebration, devoted the... [more]
• A monograph receives Rotary Award in the name of the Academician Metodi Popov — [14.12.2009] — On 19th November 2009, the Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology hosted the official ceremony of Rotary Annual Scientific... [more]
• Assessment and management of Dreissena invasions in the Bulgarian water bodies — [10.12.2009] — In the period 9-13 November 2009 the Institute of Zoology was visited by two scientists from the Republic of Macedonia: Prof.... [more]
• Celebration of the 90 anniversary of Corresponding Member Prof. Botyu Botev — [30.11.2009] — On 2 December 2009 (Wednesday) at 15:00 in the assembly hall of the Institute of Zoology, BAS a celebration, devoted the... [more]
Last updated: 20.12.2009 12:40
Established in 1947 after the unification of the Zoology and Entomology Departments of the former Royal Institutes of Natural Sciences, currently the Institute of Zoology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences consists of five departments: Taxonomy, Faunology and Zoogeography, Hydrobiology, Biology and Ecology of Terrestrial Animals, Experimental Zoology, and Protozoology. The major aim of the Institute is the study of the animal world of Bulgaria... [more]
Scientific achievements
Studied are the composition, structure, distribution, the biological and ecological peculiarities of the major taxonomic groups of animals in Bulgaria, and data on over 30 000 species of animals have been published. Well studied are vertebrate animals (710 species) and a large number of invertebrate animals from the groups of protozoans, free-living and parasitic worms, molluscs, crustaceans... [more]
History
For historical reasons, the development of many branches of science in Bulgaria started only after the Liberation of the country from Ottoman rule. The year 1890 is accepted as the beginning of Bulgarian zoological science, when the first Bulgarian zoological work was published by the prominent zoologist G. K. Hristovich... [more]