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02
September
2024
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02
September
2024
Scientists have surveyed Penzhinskaya Bay in the Shelikhov Gulf of the Sea of Okhotsk for the first time in search of rare bowhead whales
An expedition to study bowhead whales in the northern Sea of Okhotsk has been successfully completed in Magadan. Among other things, scientists encounter about 15 whales.
An international team of scientists has discovered a new genus and species of polychaete worms in Vietnam and Japan. This marine worm is very similar in appearance to nudibranchs, which have bright, warning colors.
"The Alpina non-fiction publishing house, edited by V.S. Artamonova, a leading researcher at the IEE RAS, has published a book "Dead Lion: A Posthumous Biography of Darwin and His Ideas."
20
August
2024
Indicator of the intensity of morphogenesis in populations of large African Barbs of Ethiopia and Altai Osmans of Mongolia
It has long been obvious that the study of the biological diversity of a region is not limited to identifying only the number of species living there.
15
August
2024
An article has been published examining the impact of 700 years of Inuvialuit hunting on the beluga whale population
About 800 years ago, the ancestors of the Inuvialuit came to the Mackenzie River Delta (Northwest Territories, Canada), and beluga whales took a central place in their economy and culture.
This year, during the spring and summer, the Central Forest Reserve hosted the filming of the movie "Science of Life" by the "Scientific Film Laboratory" studio.
Scientists from the IEE RAS and the IPAE RAS conducted a study of the daily rhythms of activity of the most common and diverse Arctic terrestrial arthropods in natural conditions of constant illumination.
Mesopelagic fishes, inhabiting the water column in the depth range from 200 to 1000 m, play an important role in the ecosystems of the World Ocean, being an intermediate link in the food webs.
Fish have a wide variety of tumors that can arise from all types of cells. Fish tumors are generally less aggressive and metastasize less often than tumors in mammals.
12
August
2024
Love bites: males of lizards prefer to mate with conspecifics, but do not disdain parthenogens
Parthenogenetic lizards, which reproduce without the participation of males, have arisen many times in different families of lizards.
12
August
2024
The estimation of biochemical parameters of pink salmon of the White Sea during spawning migration
Pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha is a Pacific semelparous species. The species expanded its range as a result of the invasion into the Great Lakes and introduction to the White Sea basin.
08
August
2024
After a long pause, scientists have resumed their program to study thermal springs in Kamchatka
Scientists brought special electronic devices from Moscow, with the help of which it is possible to measure the parameters of any environment.
The scientific team on the R/V Professor Multanovsky will assess the state of coastal marine ecosystems in the Far Eastern seas in the context of global climate change and increasing anthropogenic load.
A team of Russian researchers took a closer look at the liver fluke. This parasitic worm that inhabits the bile ducts of the liver of herbivores and humans is known throughout the world.
07
August
2024
The unique world of mountain reservoirs: scientists reveal the secrets of salmon fish of Bystrinsky Park
The Kamchatka Volcanoes Nature Park Network, together with scientists from the IEE RAS and the Vitus Bering KamSU, conducted research on salmon populations living in isolated mountain reservoirs of the Bystrinsky Park.
In June 2024, a business trip of Arina Raldugina and Danila Sotnikov to the Buzuluksky Bor National Park took place within the framework of the cooperation agreement.
A team of experts left Severo-Kurilsk on a yacht and headed to the northwest of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Shelikhov Bay area to study the summer habitats and possible wintering grounds of bowhead whales.