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.
Scientists from the IEE RAS analyzed time series containing data from long-term observations of a number of small mammals in the vicinity of the Mirnoye station of the Institute.
The Indo-Burma hotspot of freshwater biodiversity is one of the richest in the world, but the animals and plants that inhabit it face a serious problem of rapid degradation and habitat destruction.
Yes and no, answer the scientists from the IEE RAS. The Laboratory of Population Ecology studied personality in two species of gerbils: the solitary midday gerbil and the social Mongolian gerbil.
The Fourth All-Russian Conference with international participation “Current problems in the study of crustaceans” was successfully held on the basis of the IBVV RAS in the village Bohrok.
Employees of the IEE RAS together with colleagues were the first to study the reproductive cycle of female yellow ground squirrels in the wild using cytological methods, hormonal analysis and telemetry.
In Russia, the study of bloodsucking flies, which have important veterinary importance as carriers of various diseases, as well as ticks of the Epidermoptidae family and bird lice, continues.
April 23 marked the anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest biologists of the XX century, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, zoologist-evolutionist and experimental biologist - academician I.I. Shmalhausen.
OpenBio-2025 is an already recognized federal-level event that brings together leading specialists, scientists, representatives of biotechnological and biopharmaceutical business, scientists and members of the expert community from Russia and foreign countries. The forum is aimed at developing a dialogue between business, science and the state, stimulating the commercialization of scientific developments and business development in the field of life science. One of the basic components of OpenBio is a conference of young scientists conducting scientific research in the field of life sciences.
On September 25, 2025, the Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences will host the International Conference for Young Scientists "Genetic Technologies in Biomedicine" with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (in accordance with the Agreement with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation No. 075-15-2025-464 dated May 29, 2025). On September 26-27, 2025, the School for Young Scientists "Transcriptome in Space and Time: New Approaches to the Study of Objects of Developmental Biology" will be held with the support of the Russian Science Foundation (grant No. 21-74-30015-П).
The Academician 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 Academician 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).
On Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 11:00 in the conference hall of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33) a meeting of the council 24.1.109.02 will be held, at which Sofia Borisovna Rosenfeld will defend her dissertation for the academic degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences on the topic: "Anseriformes of the Northern Palearctic: structure and number of populations, migration routes, problems of protection and sustainable use."
We invite you to take part in the III International Scientific and Practical Conference in Memory of V.K. Babayan "Modern Methods of Assessment and Rational Use of Aquatic Biological Resources". The conference is scheduled for the period from November 17 to 21, both with in-person (at the VNIRO Central Institute) and remote participation.
The International Conference dedicated to the 55th Anniversary of the Joint Russian-Mongolian Complex Biological Expedition will be held on September 17, 2025, at the Chinggis Khan National Museum (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia). The conference will be devoted to the achievements of the expedition and prospects for further research in the field of biology and ecology.