11

April

2024

Social vole – a secret inhabitant of steppe biotopes

The social vole is a small herbivorous rodent that inhabits open plains and mountainous steppe regions, as well as semi-deserts of Syria, Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and China.

08

April

2024

A species of fish new to science, discovered in the water bodies of the North Caucasus, turns out to be an endemic relic with a narrow areas

The species diversity of fish in continental reservoirs and watercourses is significantly underestimated. The species richness of fish in Russian water bodies is also underestimated.

02

April

2024

Three IEE RAS projects will receive support of the Russian Science Foundation

Three IEE RAS projects will receive support from the Russian Science Foundation under the competition “Conducting fundamental scientific research and exploratory scientific research by individual scientific groups.”

28

March

2024

The public established the Сaspian Seal Day

The Marine Mammal Council, the Nature Reserves EcoCenter, and the Clean Seas International Environmental Fund jointly decided to establish Caspian Seal Day.

28

March

2024

Brandt's vole is an example of a species with a complex family-group organization

Brandt's vole is a small herbivorous rodent that inhabits steppe and mountainous regions (up to 2900 m above sea level) of Mongolia, southeastern China and Transbaikalia in Russia.

27

March

2024

A lecture by A.A. Lisovsky on the topic "Biodiversity databases in Russia and the problem of species distribution modelling in temperate climate" was held in Beijing

The main emphasis of the lecture was on the features of using information from public databases to analyze the geographical structure of biodiversity.

27

March

2024

Staff of IEE RAS took part in the VII International scientific and practical conference “The universe of the polar bear: Arctic ecosystems”

The conference was held in Moscow from March 19 to 21, 2024. One of the main topics of the conference was the study and conservation of the polar bear and other Arctic mammals.

27

March

2024

Helminths of three species of White sea fish

Parasitic organisms are an integral component of natural ecosystems. The composition of the parasitic fauna reflects the ecological connections of the hosts, the biogeographical features of the region.

27

March

2024

Scientific and educational film “Caspian seal”

The Caspian Sea is the largest closed lake on earth, stretching across two parts of the world - Asia and Europe. It is distinguished by a unique ecosystem that is home to more than 400 endemic species unique to this region.

26

March

2024

China and Russia create a research laboratory for the conservation and restoration of the Amur tiger population

In China, a joint Chinese-Russian scientific laboratory was opened in Heilongjiang province to preserve and restore the Amur tiger population.

26

March

2024

Two Polinas studying water fleas from the Nizhny Novgorod region

Within the framework of cooperation between the IEE RAS and NSPU, student Tyutyaeva P.N. completed a scientific internship at the Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Communities and Invasions.

25

March

2024

Scientists of IEE RAS spoke about who and why assigns unusual nicknames to marine inhabitants

About 400 bowhead and 400 gray whales live in the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk. And almost each of them has their own name or funny nickname.

21

March

2024

Kittens crying doesn't allow mother cats to assess their chances of survival

Study tested the hypotheses that the discomfort calls of domestic cat kittens vary between individuals, contain sex cues, and may provide information to the mother about the physical health.

21

March

2024

Application of the principles of biological evolution to building effective mathematical methods for global optimization

Сomputational algorithms for global stochastic optimization and optimal control are widely used in the literature to solve various scientific and applied problems, including ecology and epidemiology.

18

March

2024

Data on the occurence of sharks in the russian far eastern waters over the last four and over decades was analyzed

Employees of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS and the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS analyzed long-term data for the last 40-plus years.

15

March

2024

Hybridisation between chromosomal races of shrews does not lead to emergence of sterile males

One of the model species for studying microevolutionary issues is a small insectivorous mammal - the common shrew, which lives in Northern Eurasia from the British Isles to Yakutia.

15

March

2024

The role of behavioral structure of populations in survival in a hostile environment

Increasing population densities of ecologically and commercially important animal species is one of the main objectives of ecosystem management.

14

March

2024

Study of genetic diversity of the saiga population of the northwestern Caspian region

The saiga antelope is a representative of the complex of large herbivorous mammals of the Pleistocene tundra-steppe ecosystem, and at the moment it is the only antelope that has survived in Europe.