One of the unique pieces of evidence that allows us to judge the appearance of fossil animals of the late Pleistocene are their rock paintings left on the walls of caves by Paleolithic artists.
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02
December
2024
Over the past half century, rainbow trout has successfully naturalized in the waters of Central Asia
An international team of authors with the participation of B.A. Levin, an employee of the IEE RAS, and G.K. Khasengazieva, his postgraduate student, studied the current state of rainbow trout populations in Kazakhstan.
On November 21, a practical lesson was held at the IEE RAS as part of the Competition for schoolchildren of specialized classes, under the guidance of Anna Neretina, PhD in Biology, research fellow at the IEE RAS.
29
November
2024
A combination of molecular and morphometric methods has revealed the processes of ecological speciation in shrews
The researchers from the IEE RAS have been the first to verify an ecological (gradient) speciation model for three shrew species interchanging in adjacent altitudinal zones of the Bale Mountains.
28
November
2024
90 year anniversary of IEE RAS
90 years ago, on October 5, 1934, at a meeting of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the Laboratory of Evolutionary Morphology at the USSR Academy of Sciences was transformed into the Institute of Animal Evolution.
28
November
2024
The roots of Sosnowsky's hogweed threatened by a newfound pest
In the Moscow Region, scientists have discovered a new pest of a dangerous invasive plant – Heracleum sosnowskyi, which has spread widely across Russia.
26
November
2024
An international scientific conference titled “Caspian Seal: An Indicator of the State of the Caspian Ecosystem” was held in Makhachkala
Representatives of more than 20 scientific organizations of the Caspian states - Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Iran, as well as the United Kingdom, noted the high relevance of the conference.
26
November
2024
How does long-term inbreeding affect the lifespan and reproductive performance of yellow steppe lemmings?
The study revealed the relative resistance of yellow lemmings to inbreeding depression in conditions where the artificial population is formed from only 7 animals.
26
November
2024
How beavers resist the effects of global climate change
Beavers are called ecosystem engineers because they rebuild aquatic ecosystems and have a significant impact on many aquatic and near-aquatic organisms.
The Caspian seal is endemic to the Caspian Sea. Over the past century, the seal population has significantly decreased, and the species is currently listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation.
The round table "Decarbonization Technologies" was held at the "Boiling Point - Ufa" of the Interuniversity Campus of the Eurasian World-Class Scientific and Educational Center.
20
November
2024
New bloodsucker fly species described in one of the smallest genera
Blood-sucking flies of the Hippoboscidae family are distributed throughout the world. This family of parasites of birds and mammals currently includes more than 200 species.
19
November
2024
How have millions of years of evolution changed the appearance of elephants, horses, rhinos and other large herbivorous mammals?
In a new article employees of the IEE RAS, together with colleagues from Yakutia, Israel, and Belgium, conducted a large-scale study of body proportions in large herbivorous mammals.
19
November
2024
Knowledge of the biodiversity, biogeography and taxonomy of marine fishes in the Russian Arctic continues to expand
Despite the growing interest in Arctic biota in recent decades, there are many gaps in our knowledge of the composition and distribution of species, including the Arctic ichthyofauna.
19
November
2024
A new device is now in operation at the Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Communities and Invasions
This year, Varvara Krolenko, a true master of making sections of biological objects, entered the graduate school of Alexey Alekseevich Kotov.
18
November
2024
Two species of water fleas evolved 'crowns of thorns' independently
Biologists have found that two species of crustaceans called water fleas — Daphnia atkinsoni and Daphnia triquetra — independently acquired a crown-of-thorns-like structure on their heads during the course of evolution.
18
November
2024
Inaudible ultrasonic alarm calls of Mongolian gerbils allow detection of inhabited colonies during periods of deep depression in rodent numbers
During the depression in the rodent population, colonies of Mongolian gerbils look lifeless, and their alarm cries cannot be heard by humans, since they are emitted in the ultrasonic range.
18
November
2024
The first practical lesson on identifying microscopic algae and invertebrates in hydrobiological samples was held at the IEE RAS
The participants got acquainted with the main groups of hydrobionts that inhabit continental water bodies, with the structure of the dichotomous identification key, learned to identify algae and cladocerans.