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.
Siberian parasitologists are looking forward to welcoming their colleagues from September 15-17, 2026, at the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, located at 11 Frunze Street.
2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Maxim Grigorievich Sinitsyn, PhD in Biology, the founder and first director of the Kologrivsky Forest Nature Reserve. To commemorate this anniversary, a scientific and practical seminar on the study of protected areas will be held on March 24, 2026, at the Center for Ecological and Practical Forestry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow). The seminar program will include reminiscences from Maxim Grigorievich's colleagues and scientific papers on the monitoring and study of protected natural complexes.
The A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS), the I.D. Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBW RAS), and the P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University invite you to participate in the Seventh International Symposium "Alien Species in the Holarctic. Borok-VII."
We invite you to the IV All-Russian conference with international participation "Mechanisms of Microorganism Adaptation to Various Environmental Conditions – MICRAD-2026," which will be held from August 24 to 29, 2026, in Irkutsk and at the Uyuga tourist center on the shore of Lake Baikal.
We invite you to participate in the 25 International Scientific and Practical Conference "Problems of botany of South Siberia and Mongolia". In 2026, the organizers decided to hold the anniversary meeting in person during the summer field season 20 – 23 of July at the Altai State University internship center in the Altai Republic.
The conference "Biological Morphogenesis: Mechanisms of Morphogenetic Processes, Intra- and Interscale Interactions in Developing Systems, and the Potential and Limitations of Formation" opens a series of scientific events dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the publication of W. D'Arcy Thompson's 1917 book "On Growth and Form." It will be held November 11–12, 2026, at the A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.