My favourite books of 2020
During last year’s tedious lockdown months I discovered some wonderful books. Here follow my favourite three. I hope folks will enjoy them as much as I did. The three books One River − by Wade Davis, anthropologist, ethnobotanist and professor at the University of British Columbia. This book is a biography of Davis’ mentor, Prof […]
The story and science behind the recent appearance of a bear in Białowieża Forest
Site Guide Plants & Animals Bears in Białowieża Forest Rare visitors and the complex history of bear reintroduction to Poland. This article is based on a piece I originally wrote for the Notes from Poland news site. It documents the history, ecology and current status of bears in Białowieża Forest. Białowieża Forest is Europe’s last […]
Our new paper about badger denning behaviour in a landscape of fear
The Journal of Zoology recently published our paper entititled ‘Fossoriality in a risky landscape: badger sett use varies with perceived wolf risk’. In it, we analysed how the denning behaviour of the badger varies across the Białowieża Forest landscape. We found that badgers use dens far less often in areas that wolves use intensively, compared […]
Our new paper: bears in Białowieża Forest
We turned a photo of a lonely bear into a ten page scientific paper The paper Our new paper reports the first bear documented on the Polish side of Białowieża Forest since 1963. We give the historical overview of bears in the forest and point out that as the bear population in central Belarus is […]
Wolves in Białowieża Forest
Site Guide Plants & Animals Wolves in Białowieża Forest The forest’s apex predator — ecology, behaviour and where their territories lie. How are the wolves in Białowieża Forest, and where can they be found? These are the most common questions I get asked by visitors. The wolves here are among the best-studied in the world, […]
I had an interview about the bear
TheFirstNews journalist Stuart Dowell woke up this morning and was so impressed by the bear story on my facebook feed, he immediately called me up for an interview about the story. He then proceeded to write an excellent piece about the history of bears in Białowieża Forest and about the background behind the recent migrant […]
We recorded a bear in Białowieża Forest!
This beauty is the first bear ever filmed in Białowieża Forest. He stumbled onto one of our experimental plots last Friday. We’re over the moon as it’s the first bear documented in Białowieża Forest in over 50 years. Bears went extinct here at the end of the 19th century due to over-hunting. Apart from a […]
The First News covered me, wolves and Białowieża Forest
I recently had an interview with Stuart Dowell from The First News, an English language news magazine about Poland. He wrote a very nice piece about me, wolves and Białowieża Forest. If you’re interested in any of these, you can check it out here 🙂
Six reasons why Białowieża Forest is so precious
Białowieża Site Guide General Information Six Reasons Why Białowieża Forest Is So Precious Why this forest matters — and why it deserves far more attention than it gets. Białowieża Primeval Forest has been described as Europe’s Serengeti or Great Barrier Reef. Yet in most circles, the forest remains little known outside Poland. This needs to […]
10 Reasons to visit Białowieża Forest
Białowieża Site Guide General Information Ten Reasons to Visit Białowieża Forest A primeval landscape and biodiversity hotspot — here’s why you should choose it for your next adventure. 1. It’s the last forest of its kind A vast jungle once covered Europe from the Atlantic Ocean to Russia. But over time, it was cleared to […]