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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...

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!

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...

Results of analyses of long-term data from Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland and France, presented in the paper Europe-wide dampening of population cycles in keystone herbivores published on April 5th in Science, revealed a synchronised change in vole...

We are pleased to announce that, following the open competition procedure for the post of the director of the Mammal Research Institute, Dr. habil. Rafał Kowalczyk was appointed as a new director. Dr. Kowalczyk will start his four years term on 1. June 2013. We...

Volunteering / Practical training Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Białowieża is looking for a volunteer/student for laboratory work under the project: “Adaptation of alien invasive species – the impact of ranch escapee...

Acta Theriologica has a new editor-in-chief. We thank prof. Jan Wójcik for his valuable contribution and congratulate dr. Karol Zub on his appointment! An editorial by the new editor-in chief is available here. Following a suggestion by the dr. Zub we start looking...

International Conference: European bison management –  lessons from the past 10-12 October 2012, Białowieża, Poland Organized by the Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences funded by the European Union BIOCONSUS project Organisation team Scientific...

“International Conference in Landscape Genetics”, 10-12 October 2011 The conference was attended by approximately 70 researchers from all over Europe and North America. A total of 30 invited talks were presented over the two days on the subjects of...