News

17
October
2024
Far Eastern bloodsucker: from subspecies to species!
Studying the taxonomic status of different groups of organisms allows us to further study the evolution of different taxa and more accurately predict the features of biology of new species.
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.
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
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.

Announcements

18 — 22 May
School-seminar "Nature reserve Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 2026"

NextGIS and the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences are holding the Nature reserve GIS 2026 school-seminar from May 18 to 22, 2026. The event will take place at 33 Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow.

12 — 16 October
The Seventh International Symposium "Alien Species in the Holarctic. Borok-VII"

The date and venue of the Seventh International Symposium "Alien Species in the Holarctic. Borok-VII" will be October 12–16, 2026, in Yaroslavl.

17 — 19 December 2025
Conference "Morphogenesis in Individual and Historical Development: From the Concept of Morphogenetic Fields through the Study of Their Axial Symmetry and Mechanobiology to the Theory of Self-Organization"

From December 17 to 19, 2025, the Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (123 Profsoyuznaya Street, Moscow) will host the conference "Morphogenesis in Individual and Historical Development: From the Concept of Morphogenetic Fields through the Study of Axial Symmetry and Mechanobiology to the Theory of Self-Organization." The conference is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Professor Lev Vladimirovich Belousov (July 18, 1935 – September 11, 2017).

02 — 06 February
Conference with international participation "Mammals in a changing world: current problems of theriology" (XII Congress of the Theriological Society named after Academician V.E. Sokolov at the Russian Academy of Sciences)

The V.E. Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences will hold a conference with international participation “Mammals in a Changing World: Current Problems of Theriology” (XII Congress of the V.E. Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences) from February 2 to 6, 2026, in Moscow, at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS).

23 — 27 November
Conference "Hydrobiology in the Era of Global Change: From Genes and Cells to Communities and Ecosystems"

The I.D. Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, invites you to participate in the conference "Hydrobiology in the Era of Global Change: From Genes and Cells to Communities and Ecosystems," which will be held November 23-27, 2026 (Borok, Yaroslavl Region).

02 December 2025
The IEE RAS Young Scientists Council invites graduate students and young scientists to participate in the intensive "Scientific Writing Workshop for Early Career Researchers: From Thesis to Publication (plus secrets that Journal Editors Don't Share)"

Writing a scientific article in English is a task that can sometimes be challenging even for experienced researchers. Good data doesn't guarantee a successful publication: you need skills in structuring the text, clearly presenting the results, and understanding what journal editors expect. Mastering all of this on your own is challenging—and that's where this intensive comes in handy.