The study will provide new data on the features of hydrolysis of food objects by digestive enzymes of the intestines of predatory carp fish, which has been practically unexplored until now.
The population attracted attention back in the 1930s, when researchers noticed its geographical isolation, but only modern comprehensive analysis has revealed its uniqueness.
The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources plans to leave only one population of saigas in the Red Book of the Russian Federation - the Northwestern Caspian.
The book presentation and lecture "Plants of the Big City" will take place on July 3, Thursday, in the Nauchka library. Now it is possible to order books with a discount almost 50% of the usual retail price.
The event was part of the work to restore rare animal species with the support of the Moscow Government and the Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection.
50 years ago, in 1975, on the initiative of Academician Vladimir Evgenievich Sokolov, the Scientific and Experimental Base "Chernogolovka" was created in Chernogolovka near Moscow.
The publication is intended for general botanists, botanical geographers, specialists in the flora and vegetation of the northern Subarctic, as well as people interested in studying Arctic nature.
Scientists have shown that in field mice living in the city, the diversity of genes of the major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) is associated with the degree of urbanization of the parks in which the rodents live.
What do we know about ecology as a science? How is it related to evolution? Why is the activity of the nature conservation enthusiasts not always beneficial? How can we ensure that the advice and warnings of scientists are heard?
The electronic monograph by I.N. Pospelov and E.B. Pospelova "Flora of vascular plants of the Anabar-Kotuy mountain range and its northern framing" has been published.
Boris Levin, PhD in Biology and leading researcher at the IEE RAS gave an interview to the journal Science and Life about how speciation occurs, where it begins, and what stages it goes through.
The cooperation agreement between the environmental foundation "Compass" and the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS) opens up new opportunities for research.
The staff of the IEE RAS, together with 45 co-authors from 22 scientific institutions, prepared a catalog of ecological-climatic monitoring stations of Russia.
The Wildlife Conservation Center published a book by Alexander Oleksenko, ““Meeting any animal… Is Always a Miracle.” V.M. Smirin in Search of Himself and His Life’s Work.”
The Russian Science Foundation (RSF) and the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) are accepting applications for the second joint competition of international scientific projects to conduct fundamental and exploratory scientific research by international research teams.
The Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia has launched an information digest, “Educational Harbor.” It briefly covers the main events in science and higher education in six CIS countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
On Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 14:00 in the conference hall of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Leninsky Prospekt, 33) a meeting of the council 24.1.109.03 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, European polecat, pine marten, common otter of the Caspian-Baltic watershed within the boundaries of the Tver and Pskov regions".
The Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences is holding a conference with international participation “Mammals in a Changing World: Current Problems of Theriology” (XII Congress of the Sokolov Theriological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences) on February 2–6, 2026, in Moscow, at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS).
On Wednesday, April 9 at 14:00 in the large hall of the IEE RAS (Leninsky Prospekt, 33) an interlaboratory colloquium will be held dedicated to the presentation of the candidate's dissertation of Nikita Aleksandrovich Martynenko (Laboratory of Soil Zoology and General Entomology).