What is “megafauna”?

5 March 2020

“Megafauna” has fascinated humans since our origins, when the large animals that we fed upon, compete with us and killed us were painted in caves. Today, we also know that megafauna play key and irreplaceable roles in ecosystems. An international team of researchers, led by Marcos Moleón from the University of Granada and with the […]

The second stakeholders’ workshop of the BearConnect project

13 February 2020

The second stakeholders’ workshop of the BearConnect project was held on 11th February 2020 at the Institute of Nature Conservation PAS in Krakow, Poland. More than 40 participants from 17 European countries attended and discuss with the BearConnect team the preliminary results and future possibilities to expand this […]

Hairs for stress: with or without follicles? – new publication as a result of stress ecology research by our team!

3 February 2020

Cortisol concentrations in hair are used increasingly as a biomarker of long-term stress in free-ranging wildlife. However, methodological differences between studies that include e.g. the measurement of cortisol in only the […]

indicators of exposure to toxic metal environmental pollution in brown bears

Heavy metals in bears’ hair and blood – new publication with the results of toxicological research by our team!

2 February 2020

Under the lead of dr. Maja Lazarus and her team from the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (Zagreb, Croatia), we investigated the level of five non-essential metal(loid)s (As, Cd, Hg, Tl, Pb) and […]

On bears in Białowieża Forest in the “International Bear News”

14 January 2020

The year 2019 has been special in observations of bears showing up in new areas. The fall issue of the International Bear News includes an article by Nuria Selva on this topic, with special attention to the records in Białowieża Forest in […]