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Co-author: Irina Rotenko
In April–May 2026 we searched for wolf dens with pups across approximately 1.7 thousand km² of Naliboki Forest. In total, seven breeding groups of wolves were identified. All of them consisted of simple pairs, and no multi‑breeding cases were recorded this year.
During at least the last decade, double‑breeding and occasionally...
The whole my life — from early childhood more than fifty years ago until today — I have spent a great deal of time in the forest. In my childhood I often walked there with my dogs. Even now we keep two to four dogs and live in the forest year‑round. From those early years I hardly remember any problems with ticks, either on myself or on the dogs. Perhaps I encountered none, o...
Co-authors: Irina Rotenko and Vintses’ Sidorovich
Yesterday we found another lynx lair situated once again in a treefall beneath the crowns of several large fallen spruces.
The treefall occurred about ten years ago and covers roughly one hundred metres in diameter. For the last four years, this treefall has served as the main housing area of the adult ...
Co-author Irina Rotenko
We are preparing a scientific book on the key questions of grey wolf population biology and the species’ survival under both direct persecution by humans and indirect human‑related impacts. The book is based on long‑term field research in Belarus.
By indirect impact, we refer to human‑driven environmental changes — particul...
Co-author Irina Rotenko
This May we succeeded in obtaining more than one hundred 20‑second video clips of a mother wolf with her pups in an open couch‑den situated in a treefall. Over three consecutive days (19th–21st May), our camera trap recorded almost three full 24‑hour cycles of the family’s life.
In brief, the sequence of ...