The fox is the largest predator in Losiny Ostrov. Without predators, forest communities are incomplete, so the fox plays a significant ecological role in the urban forest.
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October
2025
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30
September
2025
Free and urban: why mice in Neskuchny Garden became genetic elite
Who would have thought that a common field mouse, sometimes seen in city parks, could tell a true detective story about life in the big city?
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September
2025
Scientists are getting to know the whales of the Sea of Okhotsk closer
Another expedition to study bowhead whales, organized with the support of the Nature and People Foundation, has successfully concluded.
Fencing and explanatory signs will show forest visitors that ants are very important and are under state protection.
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September
2025
An interview with Alexander Supin, chief researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, about marine life
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.
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September
2025
The “Gustatory Trap”: How Biofilms on Microplastics Trick Fish
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.
23
September
2025
IEE RAS staff members were included in the list of the "2% of the best scientists in the world" according to Stanford University
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.
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September
2025
Сотрудники ИПIEE RAS staff took part in an expedition to Paramushir IslandЭЭ РАН приняли участие в экспедиции на острове Парамушир
A total of approximately 50 people worked on Paramushir, including volcanologists, botanists, ornithologists, entomologists, hydrobiologists, geographers, historians, volunteers.
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September
2025
Students from Nizhny Novgorod completed an internship at the hydrobiological station of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
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September
2025
A genome-wide study of voles has resolved long-standing questions about their genetic relationships
The biodiversity of rodents on our planet is enormous, and members of the subfamily Arvicolinae occupy a special place within it.
17
September
2025
Non-native freshwater catfish capable of spreading through estuaries and coastlines
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.
16
September
2025
Nizhny Novgorod students at Glubokoye lake biological station
Anna Neretina shared her story about the classes—both theoretical and practical.
15
September
2025
Dmitry Chernyshenko held a meeting on the development of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
15
September
2025
A project to create the first national network for photo-monitoring wildlife in protected areas has been launched in Russia
Seven Russian nature reserves are creating the country's first unified wildlife photo-monitoring network.
15
September
2025
The longest rhinoceros horn has been found in the permafrost of Yakutia
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.
12
September
2025
Researchers from KamSU and IEE RAS have discovered the first confirmed case of ecological diversification in southern trout in Lake Glukhoe on Paramushir Island
In Lake Glukhoe, scientists discovered three forms of southern Dolly Varden trout, which differ radically from each other in size and feeding method.
11
September
2025
Specific electrical activity of river lamprey discovered
All animal organisms generate electric currents that accompany both muscle contraction and the functioning of the nervous system.
09
September
2025
Alien species of crustaceans discovered in Lake Titicaca
Molecular genetic analysis showed that the discovered population is most closely related to the European strains and differs significantly from the North American strains.