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.
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03
September
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
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
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?"
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.
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.
"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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
The scientific team on the R/V Professor Multanovsky will assess the state of coastal marine ecosystems in the Far Eastern seas in the context of global climate change and increasing anthropogenic load.
A team of Russian researchers took a closer look at the liver fluke. This parasitic worm that inhabits the bile ducts of the liver of herbivores and humans is known throughout the world.