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The monograph „Pollinating insects (Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera) of the Republic of Moldova”, authors Bacal Svetlana, Bușmachiu Galina, Derjanschi Valeriu, Țugulea Cristina, Calestru Livia, and Enciu Elena, presents essential information about the main categories of pollinators from the natural ecosystems and agroecosystems of the Republic of Moldova. Natural habitats such as steppe, meadows, forests and agricultural systems such as sunflower, alfalfa and rapeseed crops, as well as apple, plum, apricot and cherry orchards, whose productivity is closely linked to the activity...

In the period of 10–23 November 2025, a group of researchers of the Institute of Zoology, MSU, and namely Roman Croitor, Dr. Habil. in Biological Sciences, Victoria Nistreanu, Dr. Habil. in Biological Sciences, Alina Larion, PhD in Biological Sciences, Denis Zaharov and Vladislav Mararescul, visited the Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology of the Romanian Academy (Bucharest, Romania). The working visit was made within the project „The palaeoecology and the extinction of MIS 3 – 1 large mammals of the Carpathian-Dnistrean region: an integrative approach”, with acronym RE-CONNECT and code 25...

A group of researchers from the Institute of Zoology, Moldova State University, have travelled to Iași county on 11-12 November 2025 within the ROMD00578 project "Ensuring the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems through ecological fish farming" (acronym - EcoFisFarm). Together with the project partner - Iasi University of Life Sciences – a research expedition was organized, which had as its destination two fish farms in Iași County - Podul Iloaiei and Delta Moldovei. The researchers sampled water and planktonic organisms (bacterio-, phyto- and zooplankton), in order to establish the...