In light of information circulating in public discourse regarding the number of brown bears in Poland, the Institute of Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Sciences has published material on its website clarifying […]
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Welcome Ana Morales González – new postdoc in the Carpathian Brown Bear Project
Ana has recently joined the Institute of Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Sciences as a postdoctoral researcher within the project Human–Wildlife Conflicts under Global Change. She completed her PhD at the Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC, Spain), where she […]
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The brown bear’s brain – a star attraction at Biologists’ Night 2026
On Friday, 16 January, this year’s edition of Biologists’ Night took place, with the theme: ‘Biology full of signals – discover how life speaks’. Our doctoral student, Joanna Macur, actively participated in this nationwide celebration of biological sciences! In collaboration with Ewa Serwa […]
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Welcome Naima Dalpiaz – Our new PhD researcher on human–wildlife coexistence
Naima has recently started a PhD at the Institute of Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Sciences, within the project Human-wildlife conflict under global change. She completed her Master’s degree in Evolutionary Biology in September 2023 with a thesis in lynx spatial […]
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Bears: changing the menu in a warming climate
An international team of researchers led by researchers of the Institute of Nature Conservation -IOP PAN- analyzed extensive ecological and paleoecological data on seven bear species to understand how large omnivorous mammals respond to changing environmental conditions. The study revealed that bears can flexibly adjust their position in […]
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