For International Maritime Day, Alexander Supin, Doctor of Biological Sciences and chief researcher at the Sensor Systems Laboratory at the IEE RAS, spoke to Kommersant journalists about marine life.
Our planet faces a mounting challenge: it is awash in plastic pollution. Microplastics (MPs), those tiny plastic fragments less than 5 millimeters in size, are everywhere – in our water, soil, air, and even ice.
A scientist's position in the ranking is determined using a formula based on the h-index, number of publications, number of citations, and other scientometric indicators.
A total of approximately 50 people worked on Paramushir, including volcanologists, botanists, ornithologists, entomologists, hydrobiologists, geographers, historians, volunteers.
After completing a course on preparing biological specimens for examination using light and electron microscopy, P.A. Potapova organized a workshop at School No. 130 to introduce students to the microscopic crustaceans.
The widespread invasion of the catfish genus Pterygoplichthys is primarily due to their popularity in aquarium keeping, as some specimens escape from the aquarium trade or aquaculture and successfully reproduce in natural water ecosystems.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko assessed the infrastructure and learned about the priority research areas of the IEE RAS, and held a meeting on its development.
Rhino horns are a unique structure. They lack a bony core and, like hair, nails, and hooves, are a derivative of skin composed of keratin. The horn is formed from numerous keratin tubes (filaments) embedded in a keratin matrix.
Molecular genetic analysis showed that the discovered population is most closely related to the European strains and differs significantly from the North American strains.
The best thing a person can do when they meet a leveret in nature is to pass by. Its mother will definitely return and feed her child. If the animal is injured, only animal rehabilitation specialists can help it.
From September 14 to 16, the Sirius University of Science and Technology will hold the International Scientific Conference on Ecology and Climate Change — ISCECC. The forum will bring together scientists, experts, government officials, business representatives, and environmental leaders from the BRICS countries, the CIS, Africa, Asia, and other regions.
The A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS) and the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) invite you to take part in the scientific Conference "Microplastics as the Newest Toxicant of Vertebrates".
The "Word Formula" competition is for authors, popularizers of science and journalists who create fascinating and reliable content about science for a wide audience. For those who are able to tell about complex scientific phenomena, research and discoveries in a truthful, interesting and accessible way.
What will need to be assessed: types of sounds (natural, anthropogenic, sounds of human presence), affective perception (pleasantness, eventfulness, chaos/calmness, etc.), general assessment of the environment, its adequacy to the purpose of the territory.
On Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 14:00 in the conference hall of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33) a meeting of the council will be held, at which the dissertation for the degree of candidate of biological sciences Anastasia Vladimirovna Stryuchkova will be defended: "Ecological, spatial and genetic differentiation of the species of springtails Parisotoma notabilis sensu lato".
The Russian Microbiological Congress will continue the series of congresses organized by the Russian Microbiological Society together with the leading universities and research institutes of the country.