INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY IN MASS MEDIA

The warm season also brings with it the risk of encountering snakes. The greatest diversity is recorded in forest biotopes, at forest edges and in natural open ecosystems, near water bodies, but sometimes they can also be found in rural and urban areas, near households or even inside the buildings. There are 8 species of snakes in the Republic of Moldova: grass snake (Natrix natrix), dice snake (Natrix tessellata), smooth snake (Coronella austriaca), Caspian whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius), Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus), blotched snake (Еlaphe sauromates), common adder (Vipera berus) ...

April of 2025 was rich in events promoting inventions. Researchers from the Institute of Zoology (Moldova State University) took advantage of this opportunity by participating in three exhibitions of inventions. Various works were demonstrated, highly appreciated by international experts. Thus, five works were presented at the 6th edition of the International Exhibition INVENTCOR (3-4 April 2025, Deva, Romania), all being awarded the gold medals: ZUBCOV Elena, ZUBCOV Natalia, UNGUREANU Laurenția, BAGRIN Nina, MIRON Liviu-Dan, BULAT Denis, CIORBA Petru, BILEŢCHI Lucia, ANDREEV Nadejda. Method ...

From June 2-7, 2025, a workshop was held at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden, within the framework of the „Baltic & Black Sea Avian Disease Network" project. It brought together participants from Sweden (Linnaeus University, Ottenby Observatory, BirdLife Sweden), Republic of Moldova (Moldova State University), Ukraine (National Scientific Center Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine), and Georgia (Ilia State University). Moldova State University was represented by the researchers of the Institute of Zoology, Laboratory of Terrestrial Vertebrates and namely Dr.Hab ...