The main research directions of the Sub-Department are interactions between wild animals and their habitats, both in terms of the impact of animals on the environment, as well as the impact of the environment on the functioning of the populations of individual species. Conducted research also concerns elements of the behavior of wild animals, in the aspect of changing environmental conditions, the increasing role of anthropogenic factors and increasing urbanization as factors significantly affecting wild animals. In the Sub-Department research on the role of hunting management in shaping of biodiversity in terms of developing optimal models and directions for managing of individual populations are also conducted. Researchers from the Sub-Department focus also on the field of optimization of breeding and reintroduction of endangered species, combined with monitoring of the dynamics of numbers, as well as potential sources of threats. These research are focused especially on small animals (hares, pheasants and partridges), the number of which has dramatically decreased in recent years. Research also include elements of biology, physiology, and potential diseases, as well as their etiology. In recent years, telemetry studies of moose (Alces alces L.) populations in the regions of the West Polesie Biosphere Reserve, as well as European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis L.) in the Polesie National Park and Sobibór Forests have also been conducted.

The didactic activity of the Sub-Department consists of conducting classes (lectures, laboratory and auditorium exercises, field classes and seminars) in subjects related to hunting management, as well as other aspects of the functioning of wild animals’ population. These subjects are related to hunting, management of populations of wild animals other than game animals, biology and ecology of wild animals, the impact of animals on the habitat and damages in terms of environment and economy, restitution of endangered species, hunting cynology and shooting, as well as behavior and rehabilitation of wild animals.