Recently, the Institute of Zoology of the Moldova State University became the beneficiary of a generous donation from the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova, thanks to the project “Biosecurity Implementation Framework for Biological Resources Management in Moldova”, funded by GEF UNEP. The project was implemented by the Ministry of Environment, the National Office for the Implementation of Environmental Projects and the National Center “Animal, Plant Health and Food Safety”, aiming to strengthen the institutional framework for biosecurity in the management of invasive alien ...

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 ...