The Arctic alligatorfish Aspidophoroides olrikii is a member of the family Agonidae with a nearly circumpolar range.

12 students and staff from various cities and institutions of Russia took part in the school-conference as listeners in lectures and practical classes.

A junior researcher at the Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Communities and Invasions, Elizaveta Dmitrievna Varakina, took a trip to the Kalarsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory.

Employees of the youth laboratory of anthropogenic dynamics of ecosystems of Vitus Bering KamSU,  together with the IEE RAS, are studying the paths of evolution of salmon during the development of new ecological niches.

For six years, scientists studied the ecosystems of a cascade of isolated reservoirs: Angre, Ketachan, Arbunat, Tymgygytgyn, dammed by lava from the last eruption of the side cone of the Ichinsky volcano.

The first educational practice in zoology and general ecology was held at the hydrobiological station “Lake Glubokoye” (Moscow region, Ruzsky district), organized for third-year students.

Beginning in late 2022, sea urchins died en masse at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan. All individuals were found dead there within a few days.

In July-August 2023 employees of the IEE RAS organized an expedition to the Anabar Plateau in the valleys of the Kotuykan and Kotuy rivers.

Deep-sea skates of the family Arhynchobatidae play an important role in deep-sea communities of the North Pacific Ocean. Many of these species are predatory.

May 21, 2024 at the IEE RAS an extended meeting of the Scientific Council of the RAS on problems of ecology of biological systems and the Scientific Council of the SBRAS on the problems of Lake Baikal was held.

Employees of the Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Communities and Invasions of the IEE RAS published four articles in the journal "Zootaxa" devoted to the systematics and faunistics of cladoceran crustaceans.

Last week in Beijing, in connection with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Russian-Chinese diplomatic relations, an event was held aimed at strengthening scientific and cultural cooperation between the two countries.

Academician of the RAS V.V. Rozhnov took part in the 2024 International Congress on the system of environmental safety for all people living along the Belt and Road which took place in Shennongjia National Park in Hubei Province.

Tourist programs in Russian nature reserves and national parks were presented as part of the project “The Word about the Russian Heart”, which opened in Beijing on June 12, Russia Day.

Belarus called on UNESCO to prevent the politicization of the problem around the Polish border in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. This was stated by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic Sergei Maslyak.

An employee of the Laboratory of Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant Regions and Bioindication of the IEE RAS published an article in the journal Fish and Fisheries as part of an international team from Russia, Hungary and Brazil.

Enchytraeids are small relatives of earthworms that can be found in moderately moist soils around the world. These are one of the most important organisms in the soil that decompose plant litter.

The opening speech was made by the Director of the IEE RAS, DBS, Professor S.V. Naidenko. V.V. Rozhnov, Academician of the RAS, DBS, Head of the Laboratory, also spoke at the beginning of the session.