Since early spring of this year, reports about bears sighting in the outskirts of villages in the Polish Carpathians have been increasing. The Ministry of Climate and Environmental didn’t grant any of the five requests made by one of the village majors to […]
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Our guest and collaborator, prof. David Janz (Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada), presented on “Aquatic Ecotoxicology of Selenium: When a Good Nutrient Goes Bad” at our Institute on 12th of June this year. […]
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Human behaviour changed dramatically during lockdowns in the first months of the global COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in behavioural changes of land mammals. This is according to a study published in Science today by a large international research team led by Marlee Tucker, an ecologist at Radboud University, with […]
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We are currently hosting a distinguished guest and bear expert, prof. Tom Smith from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah (USA). Professor Smith’s main research interests include wildlife-human conflicts, particularly involving all three species of North American bears. He is currently engaged in major studies of behaviour and patterns in bear attacks on humans. We […]
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Our recent paper on the role of individual bears in the damage caused to apiaries has raised a lot of interest. Teresa Berezowska-Cnota, leader author of the study, commented on the results in Teleexpress from 6th May 2023 (minute 9:36). The findings were also covered by the portal naukawpolsce and pasieka24.pl, among […]
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