We live in an era when animal and plant species are rapidly spreading beyond their native ranges due to human activity.
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October
2025
News
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October
2025
Dental radiography as a non-invasive method for age determination of a subterranean rodent, the common mole vole, in natural populations
Radiography is one of the most promising methods for non-invasively determining the age of animals. In this study, the researchers applied it for the first time to live rodents from a wild population.
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October
2025
Rosneft has developed a program to preserve biodiversity in all regions of its operations
Rosneft environmentalists have developed a standard corporate program for biodiversity conservation in all regions where the Company operates.
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October
2025
Thirty years of research have clarified the composition of the cladoceran fauna in Tyva.
A new study, conducted by researchers from the TIINRD SB RAS and the IEE RAS, summarizes the results of nearly thirty years of fieldwork in the region (1993–2022).
22
October
2025
How beavers were counted in Novo-Peredelkino
The Moscow Department of Environmental Management and Protection continues its collaboration with scientists to study the capital's flora and fauna.
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October
2025
New and highly specialized amphipod crustaceans have been discovered in deep-sea communities of pebble beaches in the Northern Black Sea region.
Researchers at the IEE RAS have described a new amphipod species of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 — Niphargus primoricus Marin & Palatov, 2025.
09
October
2025
Scientists have systematized methods for studying “invisible” soil biodiversity for the first time
Many soil animals, superficially similar, actually belong to different species. These so-called cryptic or "hidden" species play an important role in soil functioning but remain undetected by traditional research methods.
08
October
2025
Development of cooperation between IEE RAS and China
In the first half of September 2025, a working trip by staff from the IEE RAS to the People's Republic of China took place.
07
October
2025
Scientific trip to Australia to participate in the 8th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Pest Management
IEE RAS staff presented their papers at the "Evolutionary Biology" section. Both papers generated considerable interest and discussion, as they examined the survival characteristics of animals in urban environments.
The conference was held in the hall of the National Genghis Khan Museum, which opened in 2022 in Ulaanbaatar.
01
October
2025
During night observations, theriologists encountered a fox cub in Losiny Ostrov park
The fox is the largest predator in Losiny Ostrov. Without predators, forest communities are incomplete, so the fox plays a significant ecological role in the urban forest.
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September
2025
Free and urban: why mice in Neskuchny Garden became genetic elite
Who would have thought that a common field mouse, sometimes seen in city parks, could tell a true detective story about life in the big city?
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September
2025
Scientists are getting to know the whales of the Sea of Okhotsk closer
Another expedition to study bowhead whales, organized with the support of the Nature and People Foundation, has successfully concluded.
Fencing and explanatory signs will show forest visitors that ants are very important and are under state protection.
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September
2025
An interview with Alexander Supin, chief researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, about marine life
For International Maritime Day, Alexander Supin, Doctor of Biological Sciences and chief researcher at the Sensor Systems Laboratory at the IEE RAS, spoke to Kommersant journalists about marine life.
23
September
2025
The “Gustatory Trap”: How Biofilms on Microplastics Trick Fish
Our planet faces a mounting challenge: it is awash in plastic pollution. Microplastics (MPs), those tiny plastic fragments less than 5 millimeters in size, are everywhere – in our water, soil, air, and even ice.
23
September
2025
IEE RAS staff members were included in the list of the "2% of the best scientists in the world" according to Stanford University
A scientist's position in the ranking is determined using a formula based on the h-index, number of publications, number of citations, and other scientometric indicators.
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September
2025
Сотрудники ИПIEE RAS staff took part in an expedition to Paramushir IslandЭЭ РАН приняли участие в экспедиции на острове Парамушир
A total of approximately 50 people worked on Paramushir, including volcanologists, botanists, ornithologists, entomologists, hydrobiologists, geographers, historians, volunteers.