Science comics
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.
11.07.2014
Science comics
Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences introduces a new method of popularization of its research – cartoons showing the main idea of latest publications. Each of those graphical abstracts is accompanied by a link to the full publication on...
02.07.2014
Events
All passengers of the Polish Airlines LOT can now read about latest discoveries of Dr Dries Kuijper’s team from Mammal Research Institute PAS on how wolves influence the forest regeneration. Thanks to the article by well-known Polish science journalist Wojciech...
18.06.2014
Events
There has been published the brochure promoting Life + project “Polish Important Bird Areas”, which is carried out by Mammal Research Institute PAS in a cooperation with five national parks. The folder provides extensive, detailed information about the...
17.06.2014
Events
Red deer avoid the smell of their predator The fear of red deer for wolves is that large, that they avoid places with a fresh scat of their main predator. The reduction of foraging by red deer at these places can influence the regeneration of trees. That is what...
05.02.2014
MRI in media
On the Deutschlandradio in the program “Ein bisschen Wildnis” can be heard reporting about the bison and other endangered species with the statements of dr hab. Rafał Kowalczyk from MRI PAS. You can listen the program here (be clicking on the loudspeaker...
30.12.2013
MRI in media
The online CNN of 18 November 2013 features an article by Howard Swains “European bison in the crosshairs of conservation battle” including quotes from dr hab. Rafał Kowalczyk – the Director of the MRI PAS.You can read the piece here
23.12.2013
Events
Four young researchers from the IBS (Kamila Plis, Tomasz Borowik, Tomasz Podgórski, Leif Sönnichsen) spent last two weeks of August visiting the Russian Research Institute of Game Management and Fur Farming (VNIIOZ) in Kirov, Russia. The visit in the frame of BIOGEAST...
24.09.2013
Events
We have closed the voting for the new name of Acta Theriologica. And the winner is…. Mammal Research! A small reward for suggesting this name goes to Denise O’Meara. Congratulations! We also thank all 158 people who casted their vote!
03.07.2013
Events
Volunteering / Practical training Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Białowieża is looking for a volunteer / a student for field work under the project: “Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the common vole (Microtus) in...
03.06.2013