Damage to livestock and agriculture by predators does not occur equally across the landscape, but more frequently at certain locations. A new study found that brown bear damage to beehives can increase up to three times in apiaries located in a risky landscape – good […]
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Bear in the eastern Carpathians often use cavities in old trees (mostly fir) to spend the winter and give birth to cubs. According to the Habitats Directive, these areas cannot be destroyed. According to the Polish law, a protection area of 500 m around the den should be established from the […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Alberto García-Rodríguez for his excellent doctoral study! Dr. García-Rodríguez has just defended his PhD degree at the Scientific Council of the Institute of Nature Conservation. Dr. García-Rodríguez’s thesis evaluated the role of brown bears as seed dispersers, particularly of the bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, and in relation to seed […]
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Close encounters with brown bears are extremely rare, and encounters that end with the death of the person are even rarer, but, unfortunately, they can happen. On Monday 14th June, a man was found dead in the Low Tatras, […]
Read morePhD position on brown bear ecology at the University of South-Eastern Norway within the project “Effects of climate and management on diet, stress and life history in brown bears”. The project aims to connect nutrition (stable isotopes), stress (hair cortisol) and life history […]
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