13

January

2023

Y-CHROMOSOME DIFFERENTIATION IN TWO SPECIES OF SHORT-CYCLE FISH OF THE GENUS NOTHOBRANCHIUS STUDIED

Members of the genus Nothobranchius live in the temporary reservoirs of the East African savannas and have one of the shortest life cycles among vertebrates, which makes them a unique model for studying a variety of biological processes.

11

January

2023

THE EVE OF THE DAY OF RESERVES AND NATIONAL PARKS IN RUSSIA MARKS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EXPERT COUNCIL ON RESERVATIONS

On January 10, the constituent assembly of the public association "Expert Council on Reserve Affairs" was held in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

09

January

2023

KINSHIP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN MOUNTAIN PIKA

“Pikas” can refer to birds as well as mammals. The mammal ones are small creatures resembling hamsters. However, their closest relatives are hares and rabbits: they are included in the same order, Lagomorphs. Most pikas store hay for the winter (haypiles), which gives them a common denomination of “haystackers”.

02

January

2023

RESULTS OF TRACKING THE RELEASED PERSIAN LEOPARDS: FIVE MONTHS IN THE WILD

Leopards released at the end of July have mastered a significant part of the territory of North Ossetia, especially forest areas, but, judging by the data received, they are not going to stop there.

29

December

2022

APPLICATION OF HAIR FOR NON-INVASIVE MONITORING OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE STATUS AND ADRENAL ACTIVITY IN CATS

Assessment of the hormonal status in animals has been carried out in recent decades not only in the blood and organs, but also in various excretions (feces, urine, saliva, milk, hair).

28

December

2022

MHC GENE DISTANCE OF PARENTS AFFECTS OFFSPRING SURVIVAL IN A DOMESTIC CAT

It is “profitable” for parents to produce offspring from a partner more distant in terms of MHC genes, providing maximum heterozygosity for the offspring, which increases its survival rate.

27

December

2022

The role of the migration of larvae in the life cycle of lamprey

Perennial studies of the migration activity of lamprey allow on the one hand to detect new patterns and mechanisms of this phenomenon, and on the other, to adjust already established ideas about the migrations of this group of animals.

23

December

2022

INSTITUTE STAFF DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED A NEW STAGE IN THE MIGRATION CYCLE OF LAMPREYS

Understanding the structure of the species, especially when it comes to complexly organized species represented by different forms, is impossible without knowledge about its life cycle.

23

December

2022

NORTH AMERICAN PARASITES IN EURASIA

Researchers of the IEE RAS Parasitology Center together with specialists from the “United Directorate of Taimyr reserves” conducted a study on the feces of wild reindeer deer (Rangifer Tarandus) to find out which helminths parasitize them.

23

December

2022

SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN CENTER OF ENDEMISM AND BIODIVERSITY OF MAMMALS

The Afar Triangle is a unique tectonic formation where the Red Sea Rift, the East African Rift Valley and the Aden Range intersect.

22

December

2022

SPATIAL ECOLOGY STUDY OF THE WOLF AND LARGE UNGATED SPECIES OF THE KOLYMA

In early December, Jose A. Hernandez-Blanco and Taras Sipko, members of the IEE RAS, together with the Expedition-Tour company and the financial support of Igor Dontsov, completed the next stage of the expedition to study the behavioral ecology of the wolf and ungulates of Kolyma.

21

December

2022

STUDY OF THE WOLF IN RUSSIA

The tradition of studying the wolf in the Soviet Union and Russia has deep roots and its own history. In the 70-90s of the last century, a group of wolf cub specialists actively worked in the country, which then turned into the Commission on Large Predators at the Theriological Society.

19

December

2022

SCIENTISTS OF THE SEVERTSOV IEE RAS JOINTLY WITH COLLEAGUES FROM ZELINSKY IOC RAS, KOLTSOV IBD RAS, MSU, RESEARCH CENTER "KURCHATOV INSTITUTE" INVESTIGATED THE TOXIC EFFECT OF DISPERSIONS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR COMPONENTS ON SEA URCHIN EMBRY

Engineering nanomaterials are widely used in various fields of human activity. Thus, silver-based nanoparticles are widely used in medicine, agriculture, and cosmetics.

16

December

2022

IEE RAS SCIENTISTS STUDIED COMPLEX POISONS OF VEXILLUM MOLLUSCS, WHICH CAN HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MEDICINES

The venoms of predatory marine molluscs of the genus Conus are being studied intensively due to the biomedical applications of conotoxins, the neuropeptides they contain.

29

November

2022

9 IEE RAS PROJECTS WON THE RSF COMPETITION FOR SMALL SEPARATE SCIENTIFIC GROUPS

The Russian Science Foundation has summarized the results of the competition for projects of small individual scientific groups in 2022.

24

November

2022

IEE RAS DIRECTOR S.V. NAIDENKO VISITED THE TROPICAL CENTER IN VIETNAM

The purpose of the trip to the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technology Center (Tropical Center) was to assess the opportunities and resources that IEE RAS has in Vietnam, as well as to determine what projects can be implemented there.

23

November

2022

SCIENTISTS COMPLETE A MAP OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF MAMMALS WORLDWIDE

No global biodiversity studies are possible without knowledge of the ranges of biological species.

22

November

2022

SCIENTISTS OF IEE RAS IN COOPERATION WITH IHVV RAS AND KOREAN ORGANIZATIONS SHOWED A SEASONAL CHANGE OF FAUNIST COMPLEXES

The Far East of the Russian Federation, the Korean Peninsula, and the adjacent regions of China and Japan are a zone of mixing of the southern ("tropical") and northern ("boreal") faunas.