Science comics

Our new science comic presents an interesting discovery from the research Dries Kuijper et al: red deer react to the smell of their main predator – wolf – by showing fear; they reduce the amount of foraging and become highly alert. Wild boar, a secondary...

This week science cartoon presents the results of the analyses of cytochrome b gene of mtDNA of weasels. The paper “Climate and refugial origin influence mitochondrial lineage distribution of weasels (Mustela nivalis) in a phylogeographic suture zone” is available at...

Our next science cartoon presents in a short form the results of the analyses of genetic diversity of mtDNA of the European moose. All results you can find in the paper: “Spatial structure in European moose (Alces alces): genetic data reveal a complex population...

New science comic shows the unpleasant effect of sociality and use of common den sites among carnivore communities in Bialowieza Primeval Forest – mange infection (based on the paper “Sarcoptic mange vulnerability in carnivores of the Białowieża Primeval...

Another comic for scientific publications of the Mammal Research Institute PAS presents the paper “3D dental microwear texture analysis of feeding habits of sympatric ruminants in the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland”. The full text of the paper is...

Our new scientific comic is based on paper “Long-Lasting, Kin-Directed Female Interactions in a Spatially Structured Wild Boar Social Network” published in PlosONE by T. Podgórski et al. You can find the whole publication here.