On New Year's Eve, the Center extends its best wishes to all IEE RAS staff and their families for good health, happiness, and success in their responsible work.
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December
2025
News
On November 25, 2025, celebrations were held to mark the 55th anniversary of the Yenisei Mirnoye Station of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS).
The Brandt's vole is one of the few vole species in the subfamily Arvicolinae that emits loud alarm calls within the human hearing range when confronted with terrestrial and avian predators.
29
December
2025
Scientists have conducted a large-scale genomic study of the roach genus (order Cypriniformes)
Genetic markers of maternally transmitted mitochondrial DNA used in previous studies yielded results that contradicted the generally accepted taxonomy of this group.
26
December
2025
A new species of skink lizard has been described in Vietnam
This discovery brings the number of recognized species of the genus Scincella to 47 in the global fauna.
26
December
2025
The monograph "House Mice: Origin, Lifestyle, Synanthropy, Phylogeography, Taxonomy, and Behavior" has been published
The systematics, evolution, phylogeography, ecology, physiology, behavior, and communication of these rodents as synanthropes are analyzed.
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December
2025
Male Harting's voles sing ultrasonic songs when courting females
The structure of ultrasonic courtship songs in male voles is used as indicators for assessing the effectiveness of drugs tested in biomedical research.
The RSF has published a list of scientists who won the open public competition for grants under the Foundation's "Fundamental and Exploratory Research by International Research Teams" initiative.
The new issue of the journal "Problems of Ichthyology" is now available for reading and download: Volume 65, Issue 6, 2025.
24
December
2025
Mating sounds, hormones, immunoglobulins and weight of domestic cats in the spring season, when the meow becomes a cry
Mating calls of male and female cats can continue throughout the spring and cause considerable anxiety for their owners.
23
December
2025
Life forms of marine copepods and their ecological characteristics
Research into the ecology of copepods of the order Harpacticoida in the intertidal zone of Gryaznaya Bay, Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, began in the 1990s.
23
December
2025
The memoirs of German Vasilyevich Kuznetsov have been published.
The book consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 is devoted to descriptions of his childhood and adolescence, as well as his first years working in Vietnam.
The symposium was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 155th anniversary of the birth of V.L. Yakimov (the first rector of the University, head of the Department of Parasitology).
Comparative studies of vocal behavior among several genetically closely related mammalian species help identify evolutionary adaptations of acoustic communication to life under different social and environmental conditions.
19
December
2025
Lynx cubs use very complex sounds to communicate
The cubs from four litters, kept with their mothers in large outdoor enclosures, were recorded both immediately after birth in their maternity houses and outside, after the cubs entered their enclosures.
19
December
2025
An interview with Alexander Mishchenko about the golden eagles
Of the 20 pairs of golden eagles in the Tver Region, only one survives. This isn't a story from the past; it's "yesterday."
17
December
2025
The Saratov branch of the IEE RAS celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Over three decades of operation, the branch has established itself as a recognized center for research on the population dynamics of terrestrial vertebrates and their habitats under changing natural and anthropogenic factors.
17
December
2025
Screenings of Dmitry Olshansky's documentary "Marine Biological Station Aniva. Sakhalin"
Two years ago, in southern Sakhalin, a group of scientists discovered a largely unexplored site with a fantastic diversity of animals and plants. The Aniva Marine Biological Station is currently under construction there.