04

October

2024

Human pheromones: myth or reality?

A pheromone is a species-specific substance that is secreted into the environment by one animal, enters the body of another animal of the same species, and causes changes in its behavior or physiology.

27

September

2024

The IEE RAS held a seminar-meeting “Using camera traps for monitoring biota in specially protected natural areas”

The seminar was attended by 45 people, including heads and specialists from nature reserves and scientific institutes.

25

September

2024

From Form to Function: Evolution of Adaptive Radiations in African Polyploid Fishes Reconstructed

One of the most striking biological phenomena is adaptive radiation - the evolution of ecological and phenotypic diversity within a rapidly diversifying line.

20

September

2024

Nizhny Novgorod water fleas at a symposium in Khanty-Mansiysk

From 16 to 26 August 2024, the VII International Field Symposium "West Siberian Peatlands and the Carbon Cycle: Past and Present" was held in Khanty-Mansiysk.

18

September

2024

An electric “eye” will help to see electrical events and evaluate their role in the lives of aquatic animals

The staff of the Laboratory of Lower Vertebrate Behavior at the IEE RAS has developed a method and manufactured the first working version of a complex for visualizing electric fields of aquatic animals.

18

September

2024

The northern minnow is the most common minnow species in Europe, and has recently entered Siberia.

Despite significant progress in studying the species diversity of European fish, there are still significant gaps in understanding the taxonomic diversity of this best-studied part of the world.

18

September

2024

An aerial survey is conducted on birds and whales

Specialists from the Northern Eurasian Anseriformes Working Group arrived in Anadyr to continue their census work using small aircraft. This is the third time the ornithologists have flown to the region.

17

September

2024

12 snow sheep released into the wild on Zavyalov Island

Employees of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution are providing scientific support for the project to capture, release and monitor the animals.

17

September

2024

Dolphin station

Andrey Abramov told about how dolphins sleep, how many kilometers they swim per day, whether they save drowning people, and why they might not like your manicure.

16

September

2024

Wet job

What could be interesting about woodlice? They are commonly disliked, and their appearance in the house can hardly please anyone. But someone devotes years to studying these creatures.

13

September

2024

Three employees of the laboratory of ecology of aquatic communities and invasions took part in an expedition to Lake Baikal as part of the school for young scientists "Baikal-Evolution-2024"

From August 16 to 26, 2024, an expedition to Lake Baikal took place as part of the Baikal-Evolution-2024 school for young scientists, organized by the Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the RAS.

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.