New technologies, such as GPS tracking, allow scientists to closely monitor bird movements, helping them understand how the birds use their habitat and which areas are most important for their conservation.
Journalists from the "Ecology of Russia" spoke with Marina Rutovskaya about how the desman was listed in the Red Book, why it is important to promote this animal and the main challenges of restoring the population.
The book is intended for ornithologists, zoologists, ecologists, specialists in aviation and other areas of applied ornithology, and historians of science.
Scientists have discovered that barbs from Ethiopia's Lake Tana have remained virtually unchanged in their feeding habits despite catastrophic ecosystem changes.
The massive accumulation of plastic in the environment necessitates the development of technologies for the efficient and environmentally friendly disposal of plastic waste.
The reasons for studying and preserving biological diversity are numerous. They relate to research into the structure and functioning of biological communities and ecosystems, environmental conservation, economics, and medicine.
Non-native armoured catfish of the genus Pterygoplichthys exhibit high plasticity, which facilitates their spread in the highland rivers of Central Vietnam.
Evgeny Yuryevich is a PhD candidate in biology and the head of the Laboratory for Environmental Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant Regions and Bioindication at the IEE RAS.
Ultimately, 20 students were selected for the Winter School. These 20 students came from across the country, representing eight cities and 13 universities.
The conference was an opportunity not only to present the results of their research to the wider scientific community, but also to establish new professional contacts with colleagues from other research centres.
From September 14 to 16, the Sirius University of Science and Technology will hold the International Scientific Conference on Ecology and Climate Change — ISCECC. The forum will bring together scientists, experts, government officials, business representatives, and environmental leaders from the BRICS countries, the CIS, Africa, Asia, and other regions.
The A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS) and the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) invite you to take part in the scientific Conference "Microplastics as the Newest Toxicant of Vertebrates".
The "Word Formula" competition is for authors, popularizers of science and journalists who create fascinating and reliable content about science for a wide audience. For those who are able to tell about complex scientific phenomena, research and discoveries in a truthful, interesting and accessible way.
What will need to be assessed: types of sounds (natural, anthropogenic, sounds of human presence), affective perception (pleasantness, eventfulness, chaos/calmness, etc.), general assessment of the environment, its adequacy to the purpose of the territory.
On Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 14:00 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 will be held, at which the dissertation for the degree of candidate of biological sciences Anastasia Vladimirovna Stryuchkova will be defended: "Ecological, spatial and genetic differentiation of the species of springtails Parisotoma notabilis sensu lato".
The Russian Microbiological Congress will continue the series of congresses organized by the Russian Microbiological Society together with the leading universities and research institutes of the country.