Did you know weatherfish larvae grow temporary “external gills”? A recent study shows thyroid hormones and fats work together to fuel this transformation - highlighting how hormones drive early development in fish.
Scientists will share personal stories of their scientific research and professional challenges with schoolchildren and their parents through lectures, master classes, and interactive sessions.
The results demonstrate large-scale disturbance of forest stands and a fundamental rearrangement of the structure and functional composition of forest communities under the influence of climate change.
The exhibition featured booths from 806 manufacturers from 27 countries. The exhibition was attended by over 23,000 visitors from 65 countries and 87 regions of Russia.
In a world where it seems everything has already been discovered and studied, a true living relic lurks in the harsh deserts of Central Asia: the planet's last wild Bactrian camel.
Unusually warm December weather in Moscow changed the rhythm of life for Moscow's beavers. They had more time to prepare for winter and successfully complete their fattening period.
Forest fragmentation - the division of continuous forest tracts into separate, isolated areas - poses a serious threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
The study was conducted on two adjacent sites: a former pasture that retained the features of a natural meadow, and an abandoned cropland where vegetation rapidly transitioned to a young forest.
Genetic analysis demonstrated that the discovered population was not the product of an accidental introduction, but rather represents an original genetic lineage.
Kristina Ordzhonikidze, one of the authors of the experiment and a geneticist at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke about the problem.
A new study conducted in the forests of the Tver region has shown that, under different forest management patterns, the overall abundance of soil invertebrates can remain unchanged.
In 2027, the awards will be presented to outstanding scientific researchers in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer and information sciences, chemistry, and earth and environmental sciences. Five winners will be selected, each receiving a prize of €100,000.
On Wednesday, May 27 at 14:00, an interlaboratory colloquium will be held at 33 Leninsky Prospekt (room 19) between the Laboratory of Mammalian Behavior and Behavioral Ecology (Head – RAS Academician V.V. Rozhnov) and the Laboratory of Comparative Ethology and Biocommunication (Head – RAS Corresponding Member A.V. Surov).
Applications are now being accepted for the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Scholarship Program for studies, internships, and professional development at Vietnamese universities in the 2026/2027 academic year.
Each participant may submit up to two original publications and two co-authored publications with colleagues, each up to 6 pages long. Publication of a collection of materials is planned for the start of the conference.
On Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 2:00 PM, an interlaboratory colloquium will be held in the large conference hall of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (33 Leninsky Prospekt) to mark the pre-defense of Anastasia Dmitrievna Denisenko's PhD dissertation.
The Department of Digital Development of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Department), as part of its information security measures, reports an increase in fraudulent activity targeting employees of subordinate organizations of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the organizations).