The expedition of scientists from the IEE RAS to study Baikal seals took place at the largest summer rookeries, the shores of the Ushkany Islands archipelago in the middle part of Lake Baikal, and set several tasks at once.
Based on the conducted analysis of the morphology and molecular analysis, researchers from the IEE RAS proposed a new classification of the genus Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818.
During ichthyological research ichthyologists were quite surprised by some strange habits of Mongolian fish, which is of course connected with the specific conditions of the reservoirs they inhabit.
Scientists have obtained the first data on the spatial distribution, size composition, age, sex structure, growth and maturation of a poorly studied deep-sea benthopelagic fish species – Coelorinchus gilberti.
A key feature of tailless amphibians (Amphibia: Anura) is their complex life cycle, in which the terrestrial adult form is separated from the aquatic larval stage by metamorphosis.
Blood-sucking flies of the genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) inhabit mainly the middle latitudes of the Old World. They are parasites of birds, especially birds of prey.
Hepatitis E diseases cause the death of more than 40,000 people annually. Both ungulates and rats can be reservoirs of this pathogen, which indicates the zoonotic potential of rodent hepeviruses.
Over the course of three days, lectures and practical classes were held in the IEE RAS laboratories as part of the educational track "Marine Biodiversity: Methods and Directions of Study".
We invite you to take part in the 28th Pushchino School-Conference of Young Scientists "Biology - Science of the 21st Century", which will be held at the Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences".
The Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation announces the opening of the competition for the International UNESCO Al Fozan Prize in support of young scientists specializing in the field of natural sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics.
On Monday, April 7, 2025 at 14:00 a meeting of the council will be held, at which the dissertation for the academic degree of candidate of biological sciences Ilya Nikolaevich Tsvetkov will be defended on the topic: "Helminth fauna of the American mink, forest polecat, forest marten, river otter of the Caspian-Baltic watershed within the boundaries of the Tver and Pskov regions"
From November 18 to 23, 2024, the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences will hold a school for students, postgraduates and young scientists "Methods for studying nutrition and digestion in poikilothermic animals (Trophoschool-24)".