The study of these fish will help scientists understand the fundamental laws that determine the course of the evolutionary processes of animals as a whole.
The press service of the Kronotsky Reserve reported that ichthyologists summed up the results of the past field season, during which studies were carried out on the mechanisms of fish speciation in fresh water bodies of Kamchatka.
Kronotskoye Lake is one of the most interesting objects for studying the processes of formation of new fish species. In the course of an extensive multi-year research program, employees of the reserve and interested institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences described the unique fauna of charrs.
"It consists of 8 isolated and numerous forms that differ in the nature of nutrition and structural features of the body: long-headed, large-mouthed, small-mouthed, white and four varieties of nosed charr. This is the largest number of salmon fish found in one reservoir in the world, their study is the key to understanding the fundamental laws that determine the course of the evolutionary processes of animals as a whole," the reserve said.
The press service of the "Land of the Leopard" national park reported that a flock of endangered lesser white-fronted geese nearly perished due to a private helicopter flying at dangerously low altitude in the protected area of the Far Eastern Marine Reserve
The official website of the Kamchatka Krai reported that four orcas became trapped in a water pocket and stranded on a sandbar in the estuary of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River near the village of Ustyovoe
The Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) has announced the start of the traditional "Eco-Tree" campaign. Participants will give a second life to unwanted items by creating New Year decorations from used plastic
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