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MRI PAS has signed a contract with the European Commission concerning implementation of a new LIFE+ project “Protection of water-marsh birds in five national parks – reconstructing habitats and reducing the influence of invasive species – Polish Bird...

Between 28-30 September, a course “Scientific writing in English” took place in the Mammal Research Institute. The course had a workshop formula and was led by Dr. Linus Svensson from Sweden, Head of the Oikos Editorial Office and for 20 years a managing...

The Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences and The Association for Nature “Wolf” received an Infra Eco Network Europe (IENE) Award 2010 for special efforts made to reduce the detrimental impact and enhance positive effects on nature caused by...

We are happy to inform that according to the announcement of the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education of 30.09.2010, Mammal Research Institute PAS was classified as the third best biological institute in Poland (among 36 assessed). As a result, it was...

  Workshop “Understanding the role of mammalian herbivores in shaping woody plant communities; what can we learn from a cross-continental comparison?” 11 – 15 October 2010, Białowieża, Poland Organized by the Mammal Research Institute PAS (MRI,...

A research project carried out by Marcin Churski from the Mammal Research Institute creates an opportunity to see a hidden life of some of the Białowieża Forest’s most charismatic animals. The goal of the project is to investigate what is the forest utilization...

We are pleased to inform that during the last contest for research grants organised by the Polish Ministry for Science and Higher Education four research projects of MRI PAS researchers were chosen for financing. These are: Genetic analysis of the European bison...

Beginning from 1.07.2010, dr habil. Andrzej Zalewski is a new director of the Mammal Research Institute PAS. The deputy director for science is, as before, dr hab. Krzysztof Schmidt. Former director prof. Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski resigned due to responsibilities with...

We are very sorry to inform about the death of our colleague Dr. Andrzej Ruprecht on 2.07.2010. Dr. Ruprecht was an acknowledged specialist in systematics and morphology of mammals and for many years (1964-1990) a member of MRI’s staff. He educated many young...

Between 24 and 29 May 2010 the Mammal Research Institute PAS in Białowieża organised a Summer School of Ecology and Biodiversity which gathered 69 PhD students from all over the World (e.g. from Armenia, Venezuela, Russia, Turkey, USA, and South Africa). The...