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) ...

On 8-10 May 2025, the 17th edition of the EUROINVENT European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation took place in Iași, Romania. The collective of authors Aurelian GULEA (Institute of Chemistry, Moldova State University (MSU)), Ion TODERAŞ (Institute of Zoology, MSU), Olga GARBUZ (Institute of Zoology, MSU), Victor ŢAPCOV (Institute of Chemistry, MSU), Vasilii GRAUR (Institute of Chemistry, MSU), Sebastien FLOQUET (Institute Lavoisier de Versailles (ILV), University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France), Arcadie FUIOR (ILV), Diana CEBOTARI (ILV) presented the invention "A ...

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 ...