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The Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova organized on 20 November 2023 the celebration of the Science Day in the Republic of Moldova. The event took place in the premises of the Palace of the Republic, with the participation of research institutions (universities, research institutes) from various fields – biology, medicine, agriculture, philology, economics, mathematics, physics, engineering, etc. The Institute of Zoology brought to public attention the books published in recent years, awards obtained in 2023 at the invention exhibitions, pieces from the Museum of...

On 10 November 2023, the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, like the entire scientific community, celebrated the World Science Day for Peace and Development. In the festive meeting, organized on this occasion, various distinctions of ASM were handed out, including to the researchers of the Institute of Zoology: Dimitrie Cantemir Medal – to Dr. Assoc.Prof. Nicolai Zubcov, leading scientific researcher in the Laboratory of Terrestrial Vertebrates; Dimitrie Cantemir Medal – to Dr. Hab. Prof. Dumitru Erhan, principal scientific researcher in the Laboratory of Parasitology and Helminthology; Academic...

From October 10 to 21, 2023, the Institute of Zoology was visited by Laëtitia Demay, Doctor of Prehistoric Archeology and scientific researcher of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. Throughout the visit, Mrs. Laëtitia Demay worked on the analysis of osteological and dental pieces from the Paleolithic sites Climăuți II (Climăuții de Jos, Șoldănești) and Duruitoarea Veche cave (Duruitoarea Veche, Râșcani). Field research was carried out in the Trinca I and Trinca II caves (Trinca, Edineț); Brânzeni I cave (Brânzeni, Edineț); Buzdujeni I cave (Buzdujeni, Edineț); Duruitoarea...