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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 ...

Diversity in a drop: what determines the diversity of nectar-associated fungi?

23 03 2026

Scientists from the University of Warsaw Botanical Garden, Kamil Kisło and Marcin Mazurkiewicz (first authors), Bartłomiej Starzyński, Prof. Marcin Zych and Katarzyna Roguz, PhD (corresponding author), and Mikołaj Wołącewicz from ...

Prof. Bogdan Jaroszewicz, co-author of a publication in Nature

20 03 2026

Prof. Bogdan Jaroszewicz from the Białowieża Geobotanical Station is a co-author of a publication about the way climate change affects the species composition of plants in European ecosystems. The paper, ...

Can fossil burrows of lungfish help determine climatic conditions in the Late Triassic?

13 03 2026

Dr Wojciech Pawlak (first author) and Dr Mateusz Tałanda are co-authors of the scientific paper entitled “High-latitude dipnoan aestivation burrows suggest seasonal aridity for early dinosaur ecosystems in the Late ...

Special issue of the journal KOSMOS titled “Microcosm – issues in microbiological sciences” now available in print

04 03 2026

In January 2026, a printed special issue of the journal KOSMOS. Problemy Nauk Biologicznych, published by the Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists, was released, titled “Microcosm – issues in microbiological ...

Our researcher co-authors a publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution

04 03 2026

Dr hab. Kenneth De Baets, university professor at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, is a co-author of the scientific publication entitled “The billion-dollar case for sustaining palaeontology’s digital databases”, published ...

The phylogeny of Catenulida flatworms under the spotlight of our scientists

02 03 2026

Scientists from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Katarzyna Tratkiewicz, Dr Jakub Baczyński, and Dr Ludwik Gąsiorowski, have published research on the phylogeny of flatworms from the order Catenulida, with a ...

Secrets Hidden in Wolf Teeth

17 02 2026

Scientists have confirmed the remarkable dietary flexibility of wolves and the strong impact of climate on what they eat. These conclusions come from the analysis of tiny wear marks on ...

Our researchers co-authors of a publication on freshwater Nanopelagicales bacteria

16 02 2026

Dr Anna Bednarska and Dr hab. Mirosław Ślusarczyk, professor at the University of Warsaw, from the Institute of Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, are co-authors of a publication ...