Earth's biodiversity, formed over millions of years, is one of humanity's greatest treasures. Among the most numerous, from all the animal kingdom on Earth, stand out the invertebrates which, constituting over 80% of the total number of described species, are present in all types of habitats and on all continents. Nowadays, more than 2 million of species are known in the world fauna and about 15 thousand species are known to be present on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, the collembola and some orders of insects, especially Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Odonata, some families ...

The researchers of the Institute of Zoology, as other researchers of the Moldova State University, participated on 16 May 2024 in the International Salon of Invention and Innovative Entrepreneurship, organized by the Institute of Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer of the „Ion Creanga” State Pedagogical University from Chisinau in partnership with the Public Association “Innovation in Performance Education”. Two patented elaborations were presented, gold medals being awarded for each of them: Crepis Oleg, Bulat Dumitru, Zubcov Elena, Bulat Denis. Ecobiological modeling of natural ...

On April 26, 2024 the Institute of Zoology hosted 26 students of the Faculty of Biology and Geosciences of the Moldova State University, first year, undergraduate cycle (study programs Biology, Biology and Geography, Education Sciences, Molecular Biology and Ecology). During the visit, the students, who have just started their way in the fascinating universe of biological sciences, had the opportunity to be real scientific researchers for a day. They presented in the Meeting Hall of the Institute of Zoology their research projects, which were carried out during the second semester of the 2023 ...