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Recently, journalists of the TVR Moldova television channel visited the museums of the Institute of Zoology in the context of broadcasting a series of reportages dedicated to museums of our country. The reportage on the Museum of Fossil Faunistic Complexes was broadcast on the "TeleMatinal" show on 2 May 2023, and the one dedicated to the Museum of Entomology - on 18 May 2023. TV preparations were made by the reporter Alexandru Leahu and the interviewees on behalf of the Institute of Zoology were Mr. Teodor Obadă, scientific researcher in the Laboratory of Terrestrial Vertebrates, and Dr...

The monograph "Saproxylic coleopterans from the Republic of Moldova", author Dr. Assoc.Prof. Svetlana Bacal, presents the results of taxonomic, faunistic and ecological research on saproxylic coleoptera species collected by the author in 2008-2022 and those stored in the collections of the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History, the Entomology Museum of the Institute of Zoology, the Museum of the State University of Moldova and the Institute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection. In total, 269 species have been identified, of which 43 are new for the fauna of the Republic of...

The monograph ”Entomopathogenic fungi” of authors Anna Moldovan, Natalia Munteanu-Molotievskiy, Ion Toderaș presents the micromycetes with an essential role in regulating the number of insects harmful to crops. The work includes a general characteristic of the entomopathogenic fungi, data on classification, phylogenetic relationships, biology, ecology and methods of research. Also, it presents the results of the study carried out between 2010 and 2020 regarding the development of fungal-based biopesticides for controlling pest weevils, which are based on native strains isolated from the...