Institute of zoology Republic of Kazakhstan
On February 20, 2025, at the Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction located in the Almaty Botanical Garden, a meeting titled “Biodiversity of Kazakhstan 2025” was held. The event brought together biologists, zoologists, botanists, ecologists, and amateur naturalists who conduct photographic observations of wildlife.
Today, we extend our congratulations to all women engaged in science, research, teaching, and all who, through their energy, wisdom, and hard work, contribute to a better world!
The solemn ceremony for presenting the Academician Naylya Bazanova Awards to women researchers took place at the Gylym Ordasy building, at an event celebrating International Women’s Day. The awards were presented by Akhylbek Kazhigulovich Kurishbayev, President of the Board of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
March 3 is celebrated as World Wildlife Day—an occasion to remind everyone of the richness of our plant and animal worlds and the importance of preserving them. Currently, more than 46,300 species of plants and animals are endangered.
Today marks the 70th birthday of Yelena Sergeevna Chalikova, a well-known Kazakhstani ornithologist, Candidate of Biological Sciences, and Senior Researcher in the Laboratory of Ornithology and Herpetology at the Institute of Zoology.
Students became acquainted with one of the oldest research institutes in the country, which recently celebrated its 90th anniversary. The Institute of Zoology is the principal zoological research organization in the Republic of Kazakhstan, coordinating and conducting both fundamental and applied studies on the nation’s wildlife.
The Institute of Zoology organizes annual practical training sessions for students from Almaty’s universities. This year, undergraduate students from the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Natural Science and Geography of Abai KazNPU joined us for their practical training.
“Main Hydrochemical Approaches to Assessing the Quality of Surface Waters (Using the Example of the Ile Alatau Surface Waters)” was the topic of a scientific seminar held on February 14 at the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Researchers from the Theriology Laboratory—Grachev A.A., Saparbayev S.Q., Tashibaev E.S., Bespalov M.V., and Bespalov S.V.—together with colleagues from Zhetysu OTI, the RSE “Okhotzooprom,” and ACBK, spent two days conducting a census of hoofed animals in the Altyn-Emel State National Nature Park. The count was carried out both visually and by tracking animal footprints.
Nicole Ibrahim, a doctoral student from the United States (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory), completed a six-month internship at the Institute of Zoology under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. She worked in the Laboratory of Ornithology and Herpetology under the supervision of Andrey Eduardovich Gavrilov, a leading researcher and head of the Bird Banding Research Center.
