Scientists of KarRC RAS tested a new underwater acoustic system in freshwater bodies

A new underwater acoustic system was tested out in the field by specialists of the Laboratory of Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates Ecology, Institute of Biology KarRC RAS, during an expedition to Lake Syamozero in the summer 2025. The device was used to estimate the fish stocks, to determine the fish species composition, and to map the lake’s depths.

Representative of KarRC RAS Doctoral Studies Department took part in a strategizing session of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Head of the KarRC RAS Doctoral Studies Department Olga Koshman took part in a strategizing session of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Kazan, which focused on the admissions process 2025.

Karelian scientists presented their findings of rare fungal and lichen species at a conference in Minsk

Employees of the Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS returned from the 12th International Conference “Problems of Forest Phytopathology and Mycology”, Minsk, 13–17 October. This year, the conference was dedicated to the centennial anniversaries of birth of two professors – prominent Belarusian phytopathologist Nikolai Fyodorov and Karelian sylviculturist Vladimir Shubin – a nationally and internationally recognized specialist in reforestation and forest mycology.

Scientists of KarRC RAS stress the importance of monitoring Lake Onego for timely assessment of the wellbeing of its ecosystem

In the summer, Northern Water Problems Institute KarRC RAS carried out field surveys of Lake Onego, collecting material from both the central part of the lake and the bays.

Karelian scientists comment on the discoveries winning the Nobel Prize 2025

This week, final announcements of the 2025 Nobel Prize laureates were made. The entire scientific community and the world in general followed the news from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Specialists at the Karelian Research Centre RAS commented on the prize awards and the implications of the winning work in their own and related fields (in physiology and medicine; physics; and economic sciences), and talked about the research conducted in these areas at KarRC RAS.

Zoologists and ichthyoparasitologists are back from the first Paanajarvi expedition within a large-scope study of the park’s arctic environment

Staff of the Institute of Biology KarRC RAS returned from the first expedition to the Paanajarvi National Park within a new project for integrated study of arctic natural features. Specialists in fish parasitology assessed the species composition and abundance of the Olanga River fishes, first of all grayling and brown trout, and their parasites, while zoologists examined the natural systems where winter track counts and key summertime activities would be carried out.