Researchers from MSUand the IEE RASciences studied the use of rutting calls by male Siberian maral as indicators of individuality and competitive advantages of males fighting for harems of females with rival males.
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11
November
2024
The movements of walruses and the assessment of their food resources in the waters of the Russian Arctic were studied
The population of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) living on the Franz Josef Land archipelago remains one of the least studied.
11
November
2024
Plasticine models of worms help in ecological research
One of the most pressing issues in modern ecology is the interaction of soil and terrestrial food webs. The former are detrital, that is, based on dead organic matter, while the latter are grazing.
11
November
2024
IEE RAS held a parasitology lecture for schoolchildren
On October 30, the second meeting with schoolchildren on parasitology was held at the IEE RAS.
08
November
2024
Chukotka, Kamchatka, Sakhalin: neighboring regions, different diets for gray whales
Specialists from the IEE RAS obtained new data during a laboratory analysis of biopsy samples. This year, they continued their research into the planet's most ancient cetaceans in Kronotsky Bay.
05
November
2024
The IEE RAS held a lecture entitled “Report from the shore of a reservoir: an overview of the customs and habits of aquatic inhabitants”
At the lecture, the audience was introduced to the heroes and villains of continental water bodies, and the features of their biology and role in communities were described.
05
November
2024
The female Persian leopard Achipse, released in July last year in the Bolshoy Thach Nature Park, is alive and actively moving
More than a year ago in the Bolshoy Thach Nature Park (Western Caucasus) a female leopard named Achipse was released, but her collar stopped responding after a few days.
The IEE RAS staff analyzed the history of the emergence of diversity of cereal flies of the genus Meromyza in the Northern Hemisphere in the Neogene period.
30
October
2024
Rodent species new to science discovered in Vietnam
Blind tree mice (genus Typhlomys) are an ancient, relict, very exotic and even mysterious group of rodents that live in the mountains of East Asia.
29
October
2024
And yet they are different: colonist gerbils are genetically distinct from their parent colonies
Many animals do not sit still: they settle, migrate, develop new spaces, expand their ranges. Who are they? Where are they from and where are they going?
28
October
2024
On October 25, an online lecture by P.V. Chukmasov was held on sea pollution by anthropogenic waste and its impact on ecosystems
Pavel Viktorovich spoke about marine litter. According to researchers, almost 50% is containers and packaging made of various types of plastic, fishing gear, textiles and other materials.
25
October
2024
On October 24, the first lecture on the topic "Study of injuries and skin damage to marine mammals" was held at the IEE RAS
Chukmasov Pavel Viktorovich, junior research fellow at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, immersed the children in the world of marine mammals.
25
October
2024
Video recording of the seminar-meeting on the use of camera traps has become available
On September 20, the IEE RAS held a seminar-meeting "Using camera traps to monitor biota in specially protected natural areas".
24
October
2024
N.Yu. Feoktistova gave a lecture at the Darwin Museum entitled "Red Books. History and Prospects"
As part of the Teachers' Club, which is taking place in the Darwin Museum, Scientific Secretary of the IEE RAS Natalia Yuryevna Feoktistova gave a lecture on the Red Books.
24
October
2024
At the IEE RAS, artificial intelligence was used to count saigas in images of the Earth from space
The recent issue of Biology Bulletin published an article which presents the results of work on recognizing saigas in images of the Earth from space using artificial intelligence.
22
October
2024
IEE RAS staff took part in the symposium "Current problems of biogeography of the Far Eastern region of Russia"
The RAS, with the assistance of the VNIRO, held a symposium “Current Problems of Biogeography of the Russian Far East”.
Scientists from the IEE RAS have begun studying the wolves of the Magadan Region.
21
October
2024
Interim results of the IEE RAS expedition to the Ushkany Islands to study the Baikal seal have been received
This summer, with the support of the Lake Baikal Foundation, scientists from the IEE RAS conducted research on the Baikal seal on the Ushkany Islands.