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Do tits change their plumage colouration in response to urbanization?

22 04 2026

Urbanization transforms not only the landscape, but also the living conditions of animals that have learned to function in cities. Although many bird species occur at high densities in urban ...

UW researchers identify a phage-derived enzyme that may help combat drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

17 04 2026

Researchers from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Wrocław, have described a phage-derived enzyme that effectively weakens the dangerous ...

European mycology at the intersection of academic and citizen science

16 04 2026

Dr hab. Julia Pawłowska (corresponding author) and Dr Igor Siedlecki from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology are co-authors of the scientific article entitled “Mapping the landscape of mycological organizations in ...

New fossils from the Holy Cross Mountains revise the view on the evolution and ecology of Triassic horseshoe crabs

15 04 2026

Mgr Jonatan Audycki (lead author) and dr habili. Kenneth De Baets, from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology are co-authors of a publication describing a new horseshoe crab genus with an ...

Activin A as a regulator of urogenital system development in mammals

13 04 2026

mgr Eliza Winek, dr hab. Katarzyna Szczepańska, dr Lidia Wolińska-Nizioł, and dr hab. Aneta Suwińska from the Department of Embryology at the Institute of Developmental Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty ...

Rapid adaptation and extinction of Arabidopsis in a changing climate

07 04 2026

Biologists from the Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, Dr Agnieszka Rudak, and Dr hab. Maciej Wódkiewicz, are co-authors of an article on the rapid adaptation of plants to changing ...

A New, Rapid, and Accurate Method for Identifying Mycobacterium kansasii Complex Species

03 04 2026

Researchers from the Department of Medical Microbiology –Paulina J. Wałpuska, Dr. Zofia Bakuła, Katarzyna Rastawicka, and Dr. Tomasz Jagielski – have developed a new method for identifying non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) ...

How sleep loss alters brain function: New research published in Sleep

31 03 2026

A Polish-French team of researchers, including Patrycja Ściślewska from the Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Experimental Zoology, has published the results of a groundbreaking study on the effects of ...

The role of fungi in the decomposition of Canadian goldenrod shoots

27 03 2026

Scientists from the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Kamil Kisło, Marta Wrzosek (Botanic Garden), and Marcin T. Mazurkiewicz, and Patryk Czortek (Białowieża Geobotanical Station), together with researchers from the ...