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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...

We are happy to inform that Dr. Tomasz Samojlik received Artur Rojszczak’s Award of the Fellows of the Foundation for Polish Science. The award is granted to the outstanding young scientists who are characterised by humanist approach, wide perspectives and who...

During a small celebration of Dr. habil. Krzysztof Schmidt’s habilitation we had a pleasant opportunity to congratualte him on the occasion. Well done Krzysztof! Fot. J. Kusak

We are pleased to announce that the Mammal Research Institute has signed an agreement with the Springer publishing company, concerning publishing of our scientific journal Acta Theriologica.  Thanks to the cooperation, our journal will have a new cover, layout, new...

Bestween 25 and 27 February 2010 an international conference “European bison conservation in the Białowieża Forest” took place at the Mammal Research Institute PAS. The conference was organised by the MRI PAS in cooperation with the Białowieża National...