At the beginning of this year, the peer-reviewed scientific journal Animals published an article “Is the Lesser Khingan suitable for the restoration of the Amur tiger group? Perspectives in terms of habitats and food supply”.
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The black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is widely used in the modern world for the production of a quality food product containing from 30% to 47% protein and 10–35% fat, which is used both in raising farm animals and in food production for humans.
Scientists from IEE RAS, together with colleagues from Kazan Federal University, described two species of benthic copepods of the order Harpacticoida new to science from water bodies of the Arctic Middle Siberia.
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March
2023
INCREASING THE FLOOR OF LIVING REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF INCOMING DUST BUT DOES NOT AFFECT ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Scientists, including employees of IEE RAS, evaluated the effect of the floor height of a residential building on the amount and composition of urban dust reaching its windows.
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March
2023
International crew of scientists have discovered a new type of biological invasion among animals (conditional invasion)
logical invasion is the introduction of alien organisms into new regions of the planet. A new type of biological invasion was described when studying the macroecology of the freshwater red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), which is native to North America.
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March
2023
SHELLS WITH A SURPRISE: RUSSIAN ZOOLOGISTS CONTINUE TO STUDY SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS OF ASIAN FRESHWATER FAUNA
The Asian mollusk Corbicula fluminea is one of the most successful invaders in freshwater ecosystems. They settled far beyond the borders of East and Southeast Asia - their native range - and spread in the waters of North, Central and South America and in Europe.
Researchers from IEE RAS, Ph.D. E.Yu. Krysanov and Ph.D. S.A. Simanovsky, together with colleagues from France, Canada, and the Czech Republic, studied the differentiation of karyotypes in the group of Nothobranchius ugandensis, which includes 12 valid species.
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March
2023
ECOSYSTEMS OF MOUNTAIN SWAMPS OF THE CAUCASUS: INTERACTION BETWEEN TESTATE AMOEBAE AND PLANTS
Understanding the nature of interactions between different ecological and taxonomic groups of living organisms in ecosystems is the most important task of ecology.
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February
2023
SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE TRACKING OF RELEASED CAUCASIAN LEOPARDS IN NORTH OSSETIA: SEVEN MONTHS IN THE WILD
Leopards released in July 2022 in the Republic of North Ossetia continue to explore the Central Caucasus.
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February
2023
SAIGA RELEASED IN THE ASTRAKHAN REGION JOINED HIS COUNTERPARTS
The saiga, born in May 2022, was released into its natural habitat in the Stepnoy reserve in the Limansky district three months ago.
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February
2023
THE EXPERT COUNCIL ON RESERVATIONS OPPOSED THE BILL PRESENTING A THREAT TO 80% OF SPECIALLY PROTECTED NATURAL TERRITORIES OF RUSSIA
On the eve of the consideration by the State Duma Committee on Ecology of the draft law No. 288302-8, the Interregional Public Organization “Expert Council on Reserve Affairs” addressed an opinion on the inadmissibility of adopting this draft law to Dmitry Kobylkin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.
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February
2023
THE RED BOOK OF MOSCOW (3RD EDITION) PUBLISHED
Scientists of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences took part in the preparation of the next edition of the Red Book of the city of Moscow.
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February
2023
A NEW SUBGENUS OF LEAF BEETLE FROM THE GENUS CHRYSOLINA WITH UNUSUAL STRUCTURE OF THE SEXUAL APPARATUS IS DESCRIBED
A new subgenus of leaf beetles of the genus Chrysolina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) has been identified.
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February
2023
A CRUSTACEAN SPECIES PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN TO WORLD SCIENCE IS DISCOVERED IN THE RESERVE "UTRISH"
A new species of crustaceans, previously unknown to world science, has been discovered on the territory of the Utrish Reserve in the Krasnodar Territory.
A team of Russian scientists from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and IEE RAS studied how nudibranch molluscs of the family Fionidae steal stinging capsules from stinging coelenterates and how the choice of a robbery victim affects the anatomy of a thief.
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January
2023
JANUARY 26 MARKS THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION "ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE RED BOOK OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION" IN IEE RAS
The A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS opened the exhibition "Illustrations to the Red Book of the Russian Federation".
The public organization "Expert Council on Reserve Affairs" sent an appeal to the Chairman of the State Duma with specific proposals to amend the draft law № 1130300-7 "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" (regarding the regulation of recreational activities in specially protected natural areas).
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January
2023
GENETICISTS DISCOVERED TRACES OF UNKNOWN DNA IN TIBETAN PICA
Pikas are small hare-like animals that live in the highlands. Scientists analyzed the genomic data of pikas of the subgenus Ochotona living in Tibet and found that one of its species, O. thibetana, appeared as a result of crossing with an ancient and now unknown species of these high-altitude animals.