Author: valentina

Last week, our team had the pleasure of meeting a representative of the European LIFE program, thanks to which “Life Under One roof” is not just a dream, but a reality.

A sip of cold water is a true gift for one person, after hours of walking or running. The watering places are important for the wild animals as much as they are important for the cattle herds.   For insects, birds and small mammals those places are like an oasis in the middle of the...

For the second time we have the pleasure to invite you to a mini-course with a focus on bats.

On 22.10.2022 we celebrated Bat Night at Sofia Zoo. The day was filled with laugh, smiles and lots of trivia about the only flying mammals. Young and old asked their questions and managed to find out more about the life of bats. The biggest attraction of the event was the game “Mysteries of the Browny...

For the second year, the ultramarathon “Eastern Rhodopes’ Racing” will be held. This is the first dog friendly competition in our country. Its second edition will be on 15.10.2022 (Saturday) amid the autumn magic of the wild Rhodopes. Marathoners will have the opportunity to challenge themselves and touch unique natural phenomena. In parallel with the...

And this autumn in the Sofia Zoo we will celebrate the Bat Night! A number of interesting features are associated with the life of bats, which are little known to people. They have an extremely important role in our lives. For example, all bats in Europe are insectivorous, and a large proportion of the insects...

On August 20 and 21, we thematically celebrated the International Bat Night in front of one of the most important bat shelters in the Balkans – the Devil’s Throat cave. In winter, it is home to about 40,000 bats, and in the summer some of them stay to raise their young. We were able to...