The ability of parasite clones to infect the host and their growth rate influence the evolutionary success and virulence of the parasite (the harm caused to the host).

When the Red Book of the region is reissued, the new population is planned to be included in the list of protected species.

The staff of the IEE RAS described a new stygobiont species, which inhabits hypogeum biotopes and underground waters of the Abin River basin, located in the southwestern foothills of the Caucasus Range.

On coral reefs, where a huge number of animal species live and competition for resources is high, many organisms develop complex adaptations to protect themselves from predators.

In agriculture, especially rice growing, huge volumes of straw are formed, which in moderate climates does not decompose for years.

The book presents comprehensive information about the history, work and everyday life of the oldest Hydrobiological Station in Russia and the world, founded on Lake Glubokoe in Moscow Province.

Currently, human activity plays a key role in the movement of species to new habitats.

The use of plant residues as mulch is widely used as a method to improve soil quality and maintain crop productivity.

Scientists from Lomonosov Moscow University, IEE RAS and ZI of the RAS studied the acoustic structure of alarm calls in a highly social rodent species, the Harting's vole (Microtus hartingi).

Tropical forests are home to some of the richest biodiversity on the planet. Among tropical organisms, parasitic insects remain an understudied group.

On December 10, 2024, Saniya Gabdurakhmanovna Shayakhmetova, an employee of the IEE RAS vivarium, passed away after a serious illness.

The Scythian archaeological culture was widespread in the Northern Black Sea region and the Ciscaucasia and was a component of the Scythian-Siberian community of horse nomadic cattle breeders.

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The role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (HPTA) in the individual development and life of vertebrates is difficult to overestimate.

Additional or B-chromosomes are "mysterious" hereditary elements found in the genomes of many species of fungi, plants and animals.

In 2024, a series of papers was published that expanded our knowledge of the diversity of the fauna of oribatid mites in Ethiopia.

Mole voles live in large groups underground and rarely come to the surface.

The Russian Science Foundation has summed up the results of the priority area of ​​activity "Conducting fundamental scientific research and exploratory scientific research by small individual scientific groups".