News
An excellent start of the year at MRI PAS! We are happy to announce that the project ” Water availability in temperate ecosystems – an emerging driver of large mammals activity and space-use in the era of global warming” received funding in the PRELUDIUM...
30.01.2024
News
During the 72 years of its existence, Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences has been the source of many discoveries that have influenced the development of science in national and global scale. The practical applications of results of MRI PAS...
04.01.2024
MRI in media
The newspaper Libération published an article about the European bison conservation and the research on this species carried out at MRI PAS with quotes from prof. Rafał Kowalczyk of MRI PAS. Full article here
15.12.2023
MRI in media
The Science Daily portal has published an article discussing the results of research on factors responsible for the extinction of the European bison at the beginning of the 20th century, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B with the participation of MRI...
15.12.2023
Events
We warmly invite you to participate in the 4tth Open Seminar, which will be held at MRI PAS. Presenter: dr Nicolas De Pelsmaeker, Department of Population Ecology, Mammal Research Institute PAS, Poland Topic: Distribution of ticks and carnivore effects Date: Friday,...
05.12.2023
News
Internship offer at Mammal Research Institute PAS! We are looking for volunteers interested in joining two research projects: (1) Predation-induced stress effect in the forest ecosystem – already closed! (2) Behavioural Ecology, Predator Prey interactions – already...
28.11.2023
MRI in media, News
Researchers from the Institute are co-authors of a just-published paper revealing a new copulatory behaviour in mammals. The study showed that in serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus) the penis is used as a ‘copulatory arm’ rather than an intromittent organ....
22.11.2023
Events
This week, on Friday, Nov. 17th, we invite you to our 44th Open Seminar, which will be held online. Presenter: dr Tanja Straka, Institute for Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Topic: Human Dimensions of Bat Conservation: Understanding people to benefit...
13.11.2023
Events
This week we invite you to our Open Seminar #43, which will be held in the conference hall & online on Thursday! Presenters: Prof. Dr. Niko Balkenhol, Dr. Katarzyna Bojarska, Prof. Dr. Johannes Isselstein, Dr. Friederike Riesch & Dr. Suzanne van Beeck Calkoen...
23.10.2023
News
For several years, MRI PAS has been carrying out annual monitoring of large carnivores in Białowieża Primeval Forest using photo-traps. The collected material allows to track the state of their population. And the best indicator for that is reproduction. While the...
05.10.2023
