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.
On October 15–16, 2025, the Institute of Biochemical Technologies, Ecology and Pharmacy of the Vernadsky Crimean Federal University will hold a scientific conference in Simferopol dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the M. I. Globenko Zoological Museum.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025 a meeting of the council will be held, at which the dissertation for the academic degree of candidate of biological sciences Vasily Dmitrievich Yakushov will be defended: "Dynamics of small mammal populations of the middle Yenisei taiga in connection with climate warming".
We invite you to take part in the 28th Pushchino School-Conference of Young Scientists "Biology - Science of the 21st Century", which will be held at the Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences".
The Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation announces the opening of the competition for the International UNESCO Al Fozan Prize in support of young scientists specializing in the field of natural sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics.
On Monday, April 7, 2025 at 14:00 a meeting of the council will be held, at which the dissertation for the academic degree of candidate of biological sciences Ilya Nikolaevich Tsvetkov will be defended on the topic: "Helminth fauna of the American mink, forest polecat, forest marten, river otter of the Caspian-Baltic watershed within the boundaries of the Tver and Pskov regions"