Nine countries along the Danube River have joined forces to protect some of Europe’s most endangered species: the sturgeons. On 9–10 July, thirteen project partners and strategic allies – including national ministries, universities, NGOs and research bodies – gathered in Bucharest to launch “MonStur in the Danube”, a new cross-border effort to monitor and protect these ancient migratory fish. Co-financed by the Interreg Danube Region Programme, this three-year project will establish the first-ever transboundary sturgeon monitoring system in the Danube River Basin, laying the foundation for the ...

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 ...