A diadectid was an amphibian that lived 300 million years ago in the area of today's Sudetes. Scientists have found a trace of its tail, on which they noticed rows of scales - like those of reptiles. The discovery suggests that the scales that helped animals enter and conquer the land evolved earlier than previously thought.
Dawid Kramski from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology is looking for a way to remove arsenic from the bottom of the Baltic Sea using polymers used in 3D printing.
Salty and polluted soils, lack of water, strong sandstorms make the areas of the dried-out Aral Sea a hostile ecosystem. Scientists from the University of Warsaw will help stabilise the desert area, restore vegetation, and retain those inhabitants who still remain there.
Tulip trees have a unique type of wood that does not fit into either category of hardwood or softwood, according to an analysis of tree evolution conducted by scientists from the Jagiellonian University and Cambridge University. The results of the research were published in the journal New Phytologist.
Institutions from Poland, Lithuania, Germany and Sweden have joined forces to reduce pollution in the Baltic Sea from dangerous fuel, munitions and other wreck remains.
Rodent teeth from over 2.5 million years ago were damaged by the caries disease, Polish palaeontologists have found. They noticed traces of the disease along with bacterial remains on a molar of a dormouse.
Wild mice are capable of creative thinking. There are many indications that they are capable of intentional deception to avoid an encounter with another individual, researchers have observed. This is the first time such high cognitive abilities have been described in murine animals.
Scientists are trying to better understand the impact of the Baltic Sea on the Arctic. Analysis of samples collected during the annual AREX scientific expedition by the Institute of Oceanology at the Polish Academy of Sciences will make it possible to investigate whether and how the brackish waters of the Baltic Sea affect the Arctic environment.
Many bird species react to cuckoo calls even in winter, scientists have discovered.