New technologies, such as GPS tracking, allow scientists to closely monitor bird movements, helping them understand how the birds use their habitat and which areas are most important for their conservation.
Journalists from the "Ecology of Russia" spoke with Marina Rutovskaya about how the desman was listed in the Red Book, why it is important to promote this animal and the main challenges of restoring the population.
The book is intended for ornithologists, zoologists, ecologists, specialists in aviation and other areas of applied ornithology, and historians of science.
Scientists have discovered that barbs from Ethiopia's Lake Tana have remained virtually unchanged in their feeding habits despite catastrophic ecosystem changes.
The massive accumulation of plastic in the environment necessitates the development of technologies for the efficient and environmentally friendly disposal of plastic waste.
The reasons for studying and preserving biological diversity are numerous. They relate to research into the structure and functioning of biological communities and ecosystems, environmental conservation, economics, and medicine.
Non-native armoured catfish of the genus Pterygoplichthys exhibit high plasticity, which facilitates their spread in the highland rivers of Central Vietnam.
Evgeny Yuryevich is a PhD candidate in biology and the head of the Laboratory for Environmental Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant Regions and Bioindication at the IEE RAS.
Ultimately, 20 students were selected for the Winter School. These 20 students came from across the country, representing eight cities and 13 universities.
On Friday, April 10th, at 2:00 PM, an interlaboratory colloquium will be held in the IEE RAS conference hall at 33 Leninsky Prospekt. The Laboratory of Soil Zoology and General Entomology, the Laboratory of Studying Ecological Functions of Soils, the Laboratory of Microevolution of Mammals, and the Laboratory of Problems of Evolutionary Morphology will discuss the pre-defense of Ekaterina Yuryevna Yakovleva's PhD dissertation on "Evolutionary Changes and Phenotypic Plasticity of Drosophila Melanogaster Life Cycle Parameters Under the Influence of Various Environmental Factors" (specialty 1.5.14. - Entomology).
On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 4:00 PM, Council Meeting 24.1.109.01 will be held in the conference hall of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33). Dmitry Dmitrievich Vinogradov, a candidate of biological sciences, will defend his dissertation, "Intensity and Pathways of Detrital Subsidies in Terrestrial Food Webs."
On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 2:00 PM, Council Meeting 24.1.109.01 will be held in the conference hall of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33). Nadezhda Alekseyevna Sokolova, a candidate of biological sciences, will defend her dissertation, "Phylogeography and Genetic Diversity of the River Otter (Lutra lutra) in Russia and the Transcaucasia."
Dear colleagues, you can find information on the results of the sections of the conference "Mammals in a Changing World: Current Issues in Theriology" (12th Congress of the V.E. Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences) at the link.
We invite Institute staff and graduate students to join our course on data analysis using Python.
The course is designed to guide students through the entire data science process, from initial tool setup to visualizing results.
The Russian Science Foundation is accepting applications for a competition for fundamental and exploratory genetic research projects, at the request of the President of Russia and world-class scientific laboratories. Competitions have also been announced to extend the deadlines for projects supported by RSF grants in 2023, for research conducted by research groups led by young scientists, and for support of Russian-Belarusian research teams jointly with the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (BRFFR).