Scientists have obtained for the first time data on a rare fish species - the Alaskan sculpin Triglops metopias (Cottidae) from the Russian waters of the Kuril Islands.
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Deputy Director for Science, Corresponding Member of the RAS A.V. Surov and Scientific Secretary of the IEE RAS, DBS N.Yu. Feoktistova took part in the discussion "Gone Viral!" about how to distinguish real animals from those generated by neural networks.
The annual Readings in Memory of Academician Vladimir Evgenievich Sokolov were held at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Among migratory insects, butterflies and dragonflies are the most well-known, but their migration routes have been poorly studied so far.
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February
The characteristics of a unique deep-sea predatory fish, Sloane’s viperfish, have been studied
Scientists have obtained for the first time data on the size composition, age, sex structure, growth and maturation of one of the most common deep-sea pelagic fish species - Sloane’s viperfish Chauliodus sloani.
The forest canopy is inhabited by a variety of invertebrates, some of which are traditionally considered to be soil dwellers.
Among the many animal species, only a few have abandoned males and switched to unisexual reproduction.
Cases of catching two individuals of the three-toothed lamprey in the northwestern Pacific Ocean have expanded our knowledge of the morphological characteristics and biology of this species during its marine life.
Information on the current state of habitats and the degree of their suitability for the species in different parts of its range, which in the Russian Caucasus is its northwestern edge, is in great demand.
A new study on the phylogeography of the eastern subspecies of the grass snake has shed light on how this snake species spread across northern Eurasia after the Last Glacial Maximum.
The study of speciation processes occurring at the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary in individual groups of mammals allows us to reconstruct the picture of the evolution of biological diversity in poorly studied parts of the world.
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February
First detailed study of millipede viruses
Advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics have led to a breakthrough in the study of viral diversity, but viruses of most soil animals (except ants) remain largely unstudied.
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February
February 8 - Russian Science Day
This holiday was established in 1999 in honor of the 275th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) by Peter I in 1724.
The film was shot in Kamchatka on the territory of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve over the course of three years. In total, three expeditions from 2020 to 2022 lasted 26 months.
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January
The Atlas of Distribution of Mammals of the European Part of Russia is available for pre-order
The Atlas of Distribution of Mammals in the European Part of Russia is almost ready and will soon be published.
These guidelines were developed based on the results of a study of reindeer helminths in fifty zoos and menageries in the Russian Federation, conducted in 2024.
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January
New data on the ecology of two poorly studied fish species in the Russian Arctic have been obtained
Scientists have obtained new data on the slender eelblenny Lumpenus fabricii (Stichaeidae) and the bigeye sculpin Triglops nybelini (Cottidae) in the seas of the Russian Arctic.
Hippoboscidae bloodsucking flies have a large number of unique morphological and physiological adaptations, most of which are closely related to their ectoparasitic lifestyle.