Active autumn in our office and in our lab! A warm welcome to Laura Nickels, who is studying the structure of adrenal glands in brown bears during her internship in our group. We wish you much success! 👇🙃 carpathianbear.pl/en/2023/welcom…

NEW PAPER! Mammal communities can act as sentinels of global change in primeval forests. Results of stable isotope analyses of mammals' hairs collected in a natural forest since the 50s show changes in N & C concentration Press note & link to the paper 👇 carpathianbear.pl/en/2023/forest…

OFFER: PHD POSITION IN THE WildINTEL PROJECT We will soon kick off a very exciting project on artificial intelligence, citizen science and biodiversity monitoring and are looking for candidates to work in it. More details here iop.krakow.pl/news_2_31,2024… SPREAD THE WORD :)

!! Very exciting PhD position to work at the University of Sorost-Norge in the WildINTEL project; artificial intelligence to improve biodiversity monitoring !! jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Read our last web post with a summary of our scientific achievements in 2023. 🤓 carpathianbear.pl/en/2024/2023-i… Soon we will inform you about our new activities. Stay tuned!🐻

We recently participated in the kick-off meeting of the WildINTEL project with our colleagues from University of Huelva, USN, iDiv Biodiversity Research, GBIF España/Spain, Institute of Nature Conservation PAS and TPN. Ambitious, challenging and promising! Read our web post for more details👇 tinyurl.com/mjjfxr2a

POSTDOC OFFER! We seek an expert in computer vision and data science to work with us on the WIldINTEL project. The postdoc will be focused on artificial intelligence, biodiversity science and global change. MORE DETAILS HERE 👇🤓 carpathianbear.pl/en/2024/offer-… Spread the word!

Our team's member Agnieszka Sergiel recently participated in the advancing Bear Care 2024 conference organized to discuss how to provide the best care for bears in zoos, sanctuaries and rehab facilities. Read more here! carpathianbear.pl/en/2024/advanc…

Time to celebrate!! 🥳 The head of our lab, Nuria Selva, received the Ilkka Hanski European Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her job as a conservation scientist and advocate. Bravo Nuria! ECCB 2024 Bologna SCB Read more here 👇 carpathianbear.pl/en/2024/ilkka-…

NEW PAPER! Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) accumulate in adipose tissue, causing adverse health effects in humans and wildlife. With our Croatian colleagues, we surveyed brown bears from the Dinara-Pindos population, providing first data in Europe tinyurl.com/bdd6ffze

Exciting news! 🤓 Our PhD student Joanna Macur, guided by dr hab. Agnieszka Sergiel and dr Łukasz Paśko, is starting a study on the neurotoxic effects of heavy metals on bear brains. Stay tuned for updates! 🧠🐻 Read more: tinyurl.com/4hc3u9zv #BearBrainStudy #Neurotoxicity

Welcome Titouan Hommeau! 🤓🥳 Joining us for a 3-month internship, he’ll study the impact of human disturbance on brown bears' movement patterns using telemetry data. He'll also assist in bilberry germination studies in Tatra National Park.🌿🐻 carpathianbear.pl/en/2024/welcom…

Last week, we were delighted with the visit of our colleague Jacopo Cerri, who shared insights on how wind farms in Sardinia impact vultures and how satellite images can be used to map these infrastructures that are growing under the EU's Green Deal. 👇 carpathianbear.pl/en/2024/short-…