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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...

A group of researchers from the Institute of Zoology participated on 7-9 September 2023 in the international scientific conference "The museum and scientific research", the 30th edition, organized by the Natural Sciences Department of the Museum of Oltenia Craiova, in collaboration with the Dolj County Council. The current edition was a special one, marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Natural Sciences Department of the Museum of Oltenia Craiova. On this occasion, the anniversary volume "100 years of history of natural sciences at the Museum of Oltenia Craiova: 1923-2023"...

The Laboratory of Entomology of the Institute of Zoology, in partnership with Natura magazine, carried out between February - May 2023 the competition Woodboring beetle - pests of icons. During this period, scientific articles were published on the website of magazine about the xylophagous beetles that can be found in old wooden icons in the churches and homes of Orthodox believers. The biology teachers, being tempted by the knowledge of xylophagous insects, promoted to the students in their classrooms information about the importance and role of xylophagous coleopterans in nature and in human...