04

April

2023

MAIN PATTERNS OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INVASIVE SPECIES ON THE TERRITORY OF RUSSIA

The published study is the first deep generalization on the most dangerous invasive species in Russia, performed using ecological modeling methods and geoinformation technologies, which has no analogues both in Russia and abroad.

28

March

2023

THE UNCOMMON COMMON HAMSTER. PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTIONS AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE

Using the Paleoenvironmental Distribution Modeling (SDM) method, we reconstructed the range history of the largest member of the Cricetinae subfamily, the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus).

24

March

2023

IS LESSER KHINGAN SUITABLE FOR RESTORATION OF THE AMUR TIGER GROUP?

At the beginning of this year, the peer-reviewed scientific journal Animals published an article “Is the Lesser Khingan suitable for the restoration of the Amur tiger group? Perspectives in terms of habitats and food supply”.

24

March

2023

IEE RAS SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED THAT THE CULTIVATION OF BSFL (BLACK SOLDIER FLY LARVAE) LEADS TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF PATHOGENIC FUNGI IN THE SUBSTRATE

The black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is widely used in the modern world for the production of a quality food product containing from 30% to 47% protein and 10–35% fat, which is used both in raising farm animals and in food production for humans.

23

March

2023

DISCOVERY OF NEW CRUSTACEAN SPECIES IN THE ARCTIC - COINCIDENCE OR PATTERN?

Scientists from IEE RAS, together with colleagues from Kazan Federal University, described two species of benthic copepods of the order Harpacticoida new to science from water bodies of the Arctic Middle Siberia.

23

March

2023

INCREASING THE FLOOR OF LIVING REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF INCOMING DUST BUT DOES NOT AFFECT ITS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

Scientists, including employees of IEE RAS, evaluated the effect of the floor height of a residential building on the amount and composition of urban dust reaching its windows.

10

March

2023

International crew of scientists have discovered a new type of biological invasion among animals (conditional invasion)

logical invasion is the introduction of alien organisms into new regions of the planet. A new type of biological invasion was described when studying the macroecology of the freshwater red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), which is native to North America.

10

March

2023

SHELLS WITH A SURPRISE: RUSSIAN ZOOLOGISTS CONTINUE TO STUDY SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS OF ASIAN FRESHWATER FAUNA

The Asian mollusk Corbicula fluminea is one of the most successful invaders in freshwater ecosystems. They settled far beyond the borders of East and Southeast Asia - their native range - and spread in the waters of North, Central and South America and in Europe.

09

March

2023

CYTOGENETIC STUDY OF SHORT-CYCLE FISH OF THE GENUS NOTHOBRANCHIUS CONTINUES

Researchers from IEE RAS, Ph.D. E.Yu. Krysanov and Ph.D. S.A. Simanovsky, together with colleagues from France, Canada, and the Czech Republic, studied the differentiation of karyotypes in the group of Nothobranchius ugandensis, which includes 12 valid species.

07

March

2023

ECOSYSTEMS OF MOUNTAIN SWAMPS OF THE CAUCASUS: INTERACTION BETWEEN TESTATE AMOEBAE AND PLANTS

Understanding the nature of interactions between different ecological and taxonomic groups of living organisms in ecosystems is the most important task of ecology.

27

February

2023

SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE TRACKING OF RELEASED CAUCASIAN LEOPARDS IN NORTH OSSETIA: SEVEN MONTHS IN THE WILD

Leopards released in July 2022 in the Republic of North Ossetia continue to explore the Central Caucasus.

27

February

2023

SAIGA RELEASED IN THE ASTRAKHAN REGION JOINED HIS COUNTERPARTS

The saiga, born in May 2022, was released into its natural habitat in the Stepnoy reserve in the Limansky district three months ago.

22

February

2023

THE EXPERT COUNCIL ON RESERVATIONS OPPOSED THE BILL PRESENTING A THREAT TO 80% OF SPECIALLY PROTECTED NATURAL TERRITORIES OF RUSSIA

On the eve of the consideration by the State Duma Committee on Ecology of the draft law No. 288302-8, the Interregional Public Organization “Expert Council on Reserve Affairs” addressed an opinion on the inadmissibility of adopting this draft law to Dmitry Kobylkin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

16

February

2023

THE RED BOOK OF MOSCOW (3RD EDITION) PUBLISHED

Scientists of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences took part in the preparation of the next edition of the Red Book of the city of Moscow.

16

February

2023

A NEW SUBGENUS OF LEAF BEETLE FROM THE GENUS CHRYSOLINA WITH UNUSUAL STRUCTURE OF THE SEXUAL APPARATUS IS DESCRIBED

A new subgenus of leaf beetles of the genus Chrysolina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) has been identified.

14

February

2023

A CRUSTACEAN SPECIES PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN TO WORLD SCIENCE IS DISCOVERED IN THE RESERVE "UTRISH"

A new species of crustaceans, previously unknown to world science, has been discovered on the territory of the Utrish Reserve in the Krasnodar Territory.

06

February

2023

DIET CHANGE PROVOKES NUDIBRANCHS TO STOP STEALING FOOD FROM OTHER ANIMALS

A team of Russian scientists from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and IEE RAS studied how nudibranch molluscs of the family Fionidae steal stinging capsules from stinging coelenterates and how the choice of a robbery victim affects the anatomy of a thief.

29

January

2023

JANUARY 26 MARKS THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION "ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE RED BOOK OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION" IN IEE RAS

The A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS opened the exhibition "Illustrations to the Red Book of the Russian Federation".