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“Jurassic Lake Karatau” is the world’s largest Jurassic insect locality, located on the northeastern slope of the Karatau range, at the border of Zhambyl and Turkestan regions. It is one of the few places on Earth where exceptionally thin-bedded rocks, known as “paper” or “fish” shales, preserve remains of animals and plants that lived about 160 million years ago. More than 800 species of Mesozoic insects are known from here, along with unique finds of pterosaurs, amphibians, and fishes that inhabited Kazakhstan during the age of dinosaurs.

This event marked an important stage in the development of strategic partnership between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation in the field of environmental protection and biodiversity conservation.

The staff of the Institute of Zoology warmly congratulates Professor Sofiya Maksimovna Romanova, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Ecotoxicology, on her 75th ANNIVERSARY!

In the new ninth volume of the publication “Higher Education and Science of Kazakhstan in Faces — XXI Century” an essay about Perizat Abdykairovna Yesenbekova is presented — professor and senior researcher of the Entomology Laboratory of the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Dear colleagues and friends, we congratulate you on the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan!

The staff of the Institute of Zoology warmly congratulates Koshkimbaev Karshiga Sarsenbayevich, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Arachnology and Other Invertebrates, on his 80th anniversary!

Kazakhstan has expanded its network of protected areas. By a decree of the Akimat of the Zhambyl region, a new regional state natural park “Merke” has been established on its territory.

Congratulations to our colleague – Tulendy Tuleshevich Nurkenov, Head of the Laboratory of Cryobiology and Biobank of Wild Animal Germplasm at the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on his well-deserved victory in the “500 Scientists” scientific internships competition under the state program “Bolashak”, which gives Kazakh scientists the opportunity to undertake internships at leading global centers and universities.

In autumn 2025 the Chokpak ornithological station, which serves as the field base of the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is ready to host volunteers to conduct bird counts at Shakpak Pass.

On August 4, a working meeting took place between the Chairman of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Galymzhan Zhankuatov, and the Council of Young Scientists, which has been active since April 2024. Gulzhanat Tanabekova, PhD and Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Zoology, participated in the meeting.