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.
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.