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Microplastics can reduce the abundance of planktonic crustacean populations without altering their clonal structure

07 07 2026

Microplastics can reduce the abundance of Daphnia populations, small, filter-feeding planktonic crustaceans that play an important role in freshwater ecosystems, before causing detectable changes in the frequencies of individual genotypes. ...

Maternal care preserved in stone: bivalves brooded their young as early as 125 million years ago

03 07 2026

Fossils most commonly preserve the hard parts of organisms, such as shells and bones. This time, however, an international research team, member of which is a scientist from the Faculty ...

Psychrophilic bacteria from Spitsbergen and their role in greenhouse gas production

01 07 2026

Scientists from the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, have described a new genus of Arctic bacteria, named Gelidimonas, and two new species: Gelidimonas denitrificans and Gelidimonas diazotrophica. The microorganisms ...

When Wastewater Carries Pharmaceuticals and Resistance: Can Constructed Wetlands Retain Them?

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 ...

Glowing pollen under the microscope: does it change bee behaviour?

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 ...

Natural history collections in the age of artificial intelligence

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 ...

Forest management shapes the diversity of bryophytes

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 ...

A special issue of the Journal of Plankton Research dedicated to the memory of Professor Z. Maciej Gliwicz

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 ...

Scientists shed light on the human “dark proteome”

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 ...