The event was attended by eight interns (graduate students and staff) from universities, research institutes and fisheries institutions of Borok, St. Petersburg, Syktyvkar, Tyumen, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk.
Global warming increases the aggressiveness of soil fungal pathogens, disrupts the structure of local microbiota, and reduces the suppressive capacity of agroecosystems.
Despite the fact that grooming has been studied for many decades, the extent to which its structure depends on the animal's circumstances has remained unclear.
The results are important for predicting ecosystem resilience, preserving biodiversity, and developing ecologically sound approaches to managing natural and agricultural areas.
The expedition conducted visual counts of seals along the entire shoreline of Lake Baikal and assessed the distribution of the animals in areas with varying levels of anthropogenic pressure.
Over the course of 3 weeks, a team of biologists deployed 50 cameras using a specially developed methodology, detailed in the CAMMON Photo Monitoring Program, published by the Central Forest Reserve.
De Winton noted its unusual morphological features when describing the species: "The skull is unusually square and short, and unlike any other gerbil known to me."
This publication is recommended for geographers, biologists, ecologists, and a wide range of readers interested in Russia's natural environment, its biodiversity, and conservation prospects.
October 6 marked the start of the new season of the popular science competition "Science. Territory of Heroes" for schoolchildren and students aged 10 to 25. The competition is supported by Russian National Projects and is part of the "Science of Winning" initiative of the Decade of Science and Technology.
On Thursday, October 2, at 3:00 PM, the V.N. Sukachev Laboratory of Biogeocenology and the Laboratory of Ecological and Climatic Research will hold an interlaboratory colloquium in the conference hall of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Leninsky Prospekt, 33) to discuss the pre-defense of the doctoral dissertation of Andrey Fedorovich Osipov (Institute of Biology, Komi Science Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences).
The V.E. Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences will hold a conference with international participation “Mammals in a Changing World: Current Problems of Theriology” (XII Congress of the V.E. Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences) from February 2 to 6, 2026, in Moscow, at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS).
Registration is open for events that will take place at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS) on Friday, October 10, as part of the NAUKA 0+ festival.
From August 18, 2025, the acceptance of documents from applicants to postgraduate studies will begin and last until September 5. In the second half of September, the admission of entrance exams will be organized.