Did you know weatherfish larvae grow temporary “external gills”? A recent study shows thyroid hormones and fats work together to fuel this transformation - highlighting how hormones drive early development in fish.
Scientists will share personal stories of their scientific research and professional challenges with schoolchildren and their parents through lectures, master classes, and interactive sessions.
The results demonstrate large-scale disturbance of forest stands and a fundamental rearrangement of the structure and functional composition of forest communities under the influence of climate change.
The exhibition featured booths from 806 manufacturers from 27 countries. The exhibition was attended by over 23,000 visitors from 65 countries and 87 regions of Russia.
In a world where it seems everything has already been discovered and studied, a true living relic lurks in the harsh deserts of Central Asia: the planet's last wild Bactrian camel.
Unusually warm December weather in Moscow changed the rhythm of life for Moscow's beavers. They had more time to prepare for winter and successfully complete their fattening period.
Forest fragmentation - the division of continuous forest tracts into separate, isolated areas - poses a serious threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
The study was conducted on two adjacent sites: a former pasture that retained the features of a natural meadow, and an abandoned cropland where vegetation rapidly transitioned to a young forest.
Genetic analysis demonstrated that the discovered population was not the product of an accidental introduction, but rather represents an original genetic lineage.
Kristina Ordzhonikidze, one of the authors of the experiment and a geneticist at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke about the problem.
A new study conducted in the forests of the Tver region has shown that, under different forest management patterns, the overall abundance of soil invertebrates can remain unchanged.
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.