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This list of Russian biologists includes the famous biologists from the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire and other predecessor states of Russia. Biologists of all specialities may be listed here, including ecologists , botanists , zoologists , paleontologists , biochemists , physiologists and others.
A founder of Russian marine science and the first to fully map the seabed of the Barents Sea. Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (or Klyonova ) ( Russian : Мари́я Васи́льевна Клёнова ; 12 August 1898 – 6 August 1976) [ 1 ] was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science and contributor ...
Scientists used radiocarbon dating to study ancient worms. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The worms colonize the methane ice and appear to survive by gleaning bacteria, which in turn metabolize the clathrate. In 1997, Charles Fisher, professor of biology at Pennsylvania State University , discovered the worm living on mounds of methane ice at a depth of half a mile (~800 m) on the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico . [ 2 ]
Researchers have uncovered fossils of giant predator worms, some of Earth’s earliest carnivorous animals that roamed the seas 518 million years ago.
Commemorative coin of the Russian Federation, 1997, dedicated to Chizhevsky. Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky [1] (Russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Чиже́вский, IPA: [tɕɪˈʐɛfskʲɪj]; 7 February 1897 – 20 December 1964) was a Soviet-era interdisciplinary scientist, a biophysicist who founded "heliobiology" (study of the Sun's effect on biology) and "aero ...
Panagrolaimus kolymaensis is a species of nematode.. The species was named after the Kolyma River in Russia, where the first two specimens were discovered. [1]In 2023, it was reported that nematodes of the previously undescribed Panagrolaimus kolymaensis were revived after 46,000 years in cryptobiosis.
Viktor Stepanovich Grebennikov (Russian: Виктор Степанович Гребенников; 23 April 1927 in Simferopol – 2001 in Novosibirsk) was a self-proclaimed Russian scientist, biologist, entomologist and paranormal researcher best known for his claim to have invented a levitation platform which operated by attaching dead insect body parts to the underside.