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.
NextGIS and the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences are holding the Nature reserve GIS 2026 school-seminar from May 18 to 22, 2026. The event will take place at 33 Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow.
From December 17 to 19, 2025, the Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (123 Profsoyuznaya Street, Moscow) will host the conference "Morphogenesis in Individual and Historical Development: From the Concept of Morphogenetic Fields through the Study of Axial Symmetry and Mechanobiology to the Theory of Self-Organization." The conference is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Professor Lev Vladimirovich Belousov (July 18, 1935 – September 11, 2017).
The V.E. Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences will hold a conference with international participation “Mammals in a Changing World: Current Problems of Theriology” (XII Congress of the V.E. Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences) from February 2 to 6, 2026, in Moscow, at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS).
The I.D. Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, invites you to participate in the conference "Hydrobiology in the Era of Global Change: From Genes and Cells to Communities and Ecosystems," which will be held November 23-27, 2026 (Borok, Yaroslavl Region).
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