When we think of birds swimming on water, we probably most often associate them with swans, ducks, and geese. However, we can also encounter many others on lakes, ponds, and rivers, including the great crested grebe, found primarily in Eurasia, whose Latin name is Podiceps cristatus.

In just a few weeks, the weather will warm up, the grass will start to green, and the first flowers will bloom, bringing bees, bumblebees, and butterflies to the fore. We're used to insects being everywhere during the warmer months (even if we don't want them to). In the fall, they simply disappear, only to reappear the following spring. Have you ever wondered what happens to them in winter? Today, we'll tell you where arguably our most beautiful insects—butterflies—go when frost and snow reign supreme.

Uczucie miłości to jeden z najbardziej prymitywnych i najsilniejszych stanów emocjonalnych jakich doświadczają zwierzęta. Z biologicznego punktu widzenia proces zakochiwania się oraz długotrwałe uczucie miłości znajdują się pod wpływem substancji chemicznych produkowanych przez nasz mózg.

The exhibition at the Center features a Triassic ichthyosaur specimen from the Besano Formation on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The specimen arrived in Krakow in 1902, brought in three pieces by Professor Józef Grzybowski, a pioneer in the use of microfossils in oil exploration.

Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England, one of ten children. Of her siblings, only Mary and her older brother, Joseph, survived to adulthood. Mary's father, Richard, was a carpenter and an amateur fossil collector. Even as a child, Mary helped him in his searches and learned how to prepare fossils found on nearby beaches, which they later sold to tourists.