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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.

The Institute of Zoology is carrying out work under the IUCN project: “One Health in Nature Conservation — Enhancing Landscape Resilience to Zoonotic Disease Emergence by Consolidating Protected Area Systems in Central Asia.”

Work was carried out in the “Altyn-Emel” State National Nature Park to ring nestlings of the Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) – a rare raptor species listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan. Participating were B.T. Berdikulov and E.V. Akentyeva from the Institute of Zoology’s Ornithology Laboratory, together with staff from the Scientific Information and Monitoring Department of the park.

Scientists have described a new species of noctuid moth from the genus Perigrapha, discovered in the mountainous regions of southeastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.

On May 27, 2025, an extended meeting of the Committee on Agrarian Issues of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held, dedicated to the issue of the growing saiga population.