On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 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). Kristina Dmitrievna Kondrakova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, will defend her dissertation "Formation and Functioning of Non-Breeding Groups of Demoiselle Cranes (Anthropoides virgo) and Common Cranes (Grus grus)."

Абхазский государственный университет, Новоафонская пещера им. Г.Ш. Смыр, Институт экологии Академии наук Абхазии приглашают принять The Abkhaz State University, the G.Sh. Smyr New Athos Cave, and the Institute of Ecology of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia invite you to participate in the International Scientific and Practical Conference "The New Athos Cave and the Challenges of Karst Study in Abkhazia." The conference, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the tourism activities of the G.Sh. Smyr New Athos Cave and the 80th anniversary of the birth of Givi Shalvovich Smyr, will take place on December 8-9, 2025, in Sukhum, Republic of Abkhazia.

The Russian Science Foundation, together with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), is launching a competition for fundamental and exploratory research projects by international research teams.

A roundtable discussion titled "Abandoned Fishing Gear - Pollution of Water Bodies: Problems and Practical Successes, Legal Aspects" will be held on October 22.

As part of its information security measures, the Department of Digital Development of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science reports an increase in fraudulent activity targeting employees of organizations subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

The conference is scheduled for December 4-5, 2025. It will be held at the IEE RAS Conference Hall (Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33). Participation will be conducted in person and remotely (via videoconference). The working languages of the conference are Russian and English.