On September 20, the IEE RAS held a seminar-meeting "Using camera traps to monitor biota in specially protected natural areas".

As part of the Teachers' Club, which is taking place in the Darwin Museum, Scientific Secretary of the IEE RAS Natalia Yuryevna Feoktistova gave a lecture on the Red Books.

The recent issue of Biology Bulletin published an article which presents the results of work on recognizing saigas in images of the Earth from space using artificial intelligence.

The RAS, with the assistance of the VNIRO, held a symposium “Current Problems of Biogeography of the Russian Far East”.

Scientists from the IEE RAS have begun studying the wolves of the Magadan Region.

This summer, with the support of the Lake Baikal Foundation, scientists from the IEE RAS conducted research on the Baikal seal on the Ushkany Islands.

Bloodflies are a highly specialized group of ectoparasites in the family Hippoboscidae. They have a worldwide distribution and are vectors of many dangerous diseases in both mammals and birds.

The Assembly of Scholarly Societies was held, dedicated to the 270th anniversary of Moscow University in 2025, the 220th anniversary of the oldest Moscow Society of Naturalists in Russia, and the 300th anniversary of the RAS.

Studying the taxonomic status of different groups of organisms allows us to further study the evolution of different taxa and more accurately predict the features of biology of new species.

On September 24-26, the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Theriofauna of Belarus and Adjacent Regions” was held in Minsk. The conference was attended by employees of the IEE RAS.

Doctor of Biological Science Sergei Eduardovich Spiridonov gave a lecture on “Parasites and Pathogens, Their World, Evolutionary History and Importance for Humans.”

The mountainous part of the Chechen Republic is an amazing land of unique nature of the North Caucasus. Modern scientists know very little about the peculiarities of the functioning of local ecosystems.

Based on the analysis of publications for 2023, more than 900 Russian scientists entered the top 2% of the most cited scientists in the world, including five employees of the IEE RAS.

In June, the remains of a leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) were found on Bolshoy Solovetsky Island. It was transferred to the collection of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University.

A pheromone is a species-specific substance that is secreted into the environment by one animal, enters the body of another animal of the same species, and causes changes in its behavior or physiology.

The seminar was attended by 45 people, including heads and specialists from nature reserves and scientific institutes.

One of the most striking biological phenomena is adaptive radiation - the evolution of ecological and phenotypic diversity within a rapidly diversifying line.

From 16 to 26 August 2024, the VII International Field Symposium "West Siberian Peatlands and the Carbon Cycle: Past and Present" was held in Khanty-Mansiysk.