The Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research (HISR) and the Natural History Museum of Crete (NHMC) of the University of Crete, invite you to the 13th International Symposium on the Biology of Terrestrial Isopods (ISTIB13) to be held at the premises of the NHMC, in Irakleion city, Crete, Greece, from 2 to 5 July 2026, celebrating the return of ISTIB to Crete after 25 years.

The ISTIB series, aiming to bring together all colleagues studying the amazing Oniscidea, began in 1983 in London, UK, and has continued undisrupted every 3 to 4 years:  Urbino, Italy (1986); Poitiers, France (1990); Haifa, Israel (1997); Irakleion, Greece (2001); Aveiro, Portugal (2004); Tunis, Tunisia (2007); Bled, Slovenia (2011), Poitiers, France (2014), Budapest, Hungary (2017), Ghent, Belgium (2021 – virtual due to the Covid-19 pandemic), and Olomouc, The Czech Republic (2023).

Like all previous meetings, ISTIB13 accommodates contributions from all fields that use and/or focus on our beloved animals, such as taxonomy/systematics, evolutionary biology, morphology/anatomy, developmental biology, (eco)physiology, ecology, biogeography, molecular biology, behaviour, etc.

The Symposium is sponsored by:

• The Natural Environment & Climate Change Agency,
• The Green Fund, funding program: “Natural Environment and Climate Resilience 2026” – “Financial Support for Outward-Looking Actions 2026”, and
• The Region of Crete

For further information, visit the ISTIB13’s site: http://www.istib.eu/