13

September

2024

Eating Right Reduces the Risk of COVID-19

Scientists from the GC for Chemosensory Research have found that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 and lead to a faster recovery for those who have contracted the virus.

05

September

2024

We congratulate Leonid M. Baskin on his 85th anniversary!

On September 4, Leonid Mironovich Baskin, a zoologist and conservationist, chief researcher at the Laboratory of Mammal Behavior and Behavioral Ecology of the IEE RAS celebrated his 85th birthday.

04

September

2024

The "supermodel of evolution" has completed its world tour and is now traveling along the Volga and the Black Sea coast of Russia

The leading scientific journal Hydrobiologia has published an article prepared by the staff of the IEE RAS in collaboration with colleagues from Belarus and a number of regions of Russia.

03

September

2024

Fish with developmental abnormalities that may be linked to climate change have been discovered in the Arctic

According to Darwin's theory of natural selection, only the most adapted living organisms can survive in the wild, since predators primarily attack weakened or sick animals or those that differ significantly.

03

September

2024

How animals prepare for the onset of cold weather

How do animals' lives change in the fall? How does hibernation differ from regular sleep? Where do birds fly away? And which animals' brains shrink in the fall?

02

September

2024

V.M. Olshansky in the issue of the Darwin Museum

Why do catfish need electric discharges? Why are they there during spawning? How to find answers to the questions "Why?"

02

September

2024

Scientists have surveyed Penzhinskaya Bay in the Shelikhov Gulf of the Sea of Okhotsk for the first time in search of rare bowhead whales

An expedition to study bowhead whales in the northern Sea of ​​Okhotsk has been successfully completed in Magadan. Among other things, scientists encounter about 15 whales.

28

August

2024

New species of marine polychaete worm avoids predators by mimicking nudibranchs

An international team of scientists has discovered a new genus and species of polychaete worms in Vietnam and Japan. This marine worm is very similar in appearance to nudibranchs, which have bright, warning colors.

28

August

2024

“Dead Lion: A Posthumous Biography of Darwin and His Ideas” is out

"The Alpina non-fiction publishing house, edited by V.S. Artamonova, a leading researcher at the IEE RAS, has published a book "Dead Lion: A Posthumous Biography of Darwin and His Ideas."

20

August

2024

Indicator of the intensity of morphogenesis in populations of large African Barbs of Ethiopia and Altai Osmans of Mongolia

It has long been obvious that the study of the biological diversity of a region is not limited to identifying only the number of species living there.

15

August

2024

An article has been published examining the impact of 700 years of Inuvialuit hunting on the beluga whale population

About 800 years ago, the ancestors of the Inuvialuit came to the Mackenzie River Delta (Northwest Territories, Canada), and beluga whales took a central place in their economy and culture.

14

August

2024

Filming of the movie "Science of Life" in the Central Forest Reserve

This year, during the spring and summer, the Central Forest Reserve hosted the filming of the movie "Science of Life" by the "Scientific Film Laboratory" studio.

14

August

2024

Diurnal rhythms of terrestrial arthropod activity in the Arctic have been studied

Scientists from the IEE RAS and the IPAE RAS conducted a study of the daily rhythms of activity of the most common and diverse Arctic terrestrial arthropods in natural conditions of constant illumination.

13

August

2024

Scientists describe otoliths of poorly studied deep-sea fish of the North Atlantic

Mesopelagic fishes, inhabiting the water column in the depth range from 200 to 1000 m, play an important role in the ecosystems of the World Ocean, being an intermediate link in the food webs.

13

August

2024

Extragonadal teratoma in a guppy - a tumor with an unusual composition

Fish have a wide variety of tumors that can arise from all types of cells. Fish tumors are generally less aggressive and metastasize less often than tumors in mammals.

12

August

2024

Love bites: males of lizards prefer to mate with conspecifics, but do not disdain parthenogens

Parthenogenetic lizards, which reproduce without the participation of males, have arisen many times in different families of lizards.

12

August

2024

The estimation of biochemical parameters of pink salmon of the White Sea during spawning migration

Pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha is a Pacific semelparous species. The species expanded its range as a result of the invasion into the Great Lakes and introduction to the White Sea basin.

08

August

2024

After a long pause, scientists have resumed their program to study thermal springs in Kamchatka

Scientists brought special electronic devices from Moscow, with the help of which it is possible to measure the parameters of any environment.