18 06 2026
Antibiotic residues and genes that enable bacteria to survive exposure to these drugs are increasingly entering rivers, lakes and groundwater together with wastewater. Even low concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds may ...
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15 06 2026
Pollination is one of those processes that take place almost unnoticed, yet sustain the life of entire ecosystems. The reproduction of many wild plant species, crop yields, and the stability ...
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09 06 2026
A new article, led by Dr. Kamil E. Frankiewicz from the University of Warsaw Herbarium, a unit of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw, addresses ethical issues ...
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26 05 2026
New research conducted with the leading participation of scientists from the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, shows that forest management affects not only the number of bryophyte species, but ...
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18 05 2026
A special issue of the Journal of Plankton Research has been published in memory of the late Professor Z. Maciej Gliwicz, an outstanding biologist, inspiring academic teacher and long-time head ...
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14 05 2026
For many years, it was assumed that the human genome contains around 19,500 canonical, well-described protein-coding genes. However, a growing body of research suggests that this picture may be more ...
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08 05 2026
Wolf–dog hybrids in Poland eat almost the same food as wolves. Recent research shows that their diet is based mainly on wild ungulates: roe deer, fallow deer and wild boar. ...
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07 05 2026
Researchers from the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, investigated how damselfly larvae change their hunting behavior when chemical cues from a larger predator appear in the water. The study ...
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23 04 2026
In nature, food is rarely distributed evenly and most often occurs in patches. It turns out that such environmental heterogeneity can have surprising consequences not only for how much organisms ...
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