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From October 10 to 21, 2023, the Institute of Zoology was visited by Laëtitia Demay, Doctor of Prehistoric Archeology and scientific researcher of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. Throughout the visit, Mrs. Laëtitia Demay worked on the analysis of osteological and dental pieces from the Paleolithic sites Climăuți II (Climăuții de Jos, Șoldănești) and Duruitoarea Veche cave (Duruitoarea Veche, Râșcani). Field research was carried out in the Trinca I and Trinca II caves (Trinca, Edineț); Brânzeni I cave (Brânzeni, Edineț); Buzdujeni I cave (Buzdujeni, Edineț); Duruitoarea...

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, within the Biological Invasions Research Center, a public lesson was held for the students of the 10th and 11th grades of the Republican Theoretical Lyceum "Aristotel", Chișinău. Students were welcomed by the Corr.Mem., Dr. Hab., Prof. Laurenția Ungureanu, director of the Institute of Zoology, Moldova State University, who also made an overview of the research centers within the Institute of Zoology, the main fields of their activity, as well as of some relevant scientific works published by the research teams. During the event, Dr. Anna Moldovan and PhD student...

The Joint ESENIAS (East and South European Network for Invasive Alien Species) and DIAS (Danube Region Invasive Alien Species Network) Conference 2023 and the 12th ESENIAS workshop ”Globalisation and invasive alien species in the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions – management challenges and regional cooperation” took place on 11-14 October 2023 in Varna, Bulgaria. Within the conference, the scientific researcher of the Institute of Zoology, Moldova State University, Alexandr Vasileiv was awarded by the journal Acta Zoologica Bulgarica (ISSN: 0324-0770) for the work entitled ”Discoveries of...