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The General Director, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Roman Jashenko, delivered a report on the institute’s activities. Heads of the scientific laboratories of hydrobiology and ecotoxicology; entomology; theriology; paleozoology; ornithology and herpetology; arachnology and other invertebrates; animal cryobank and germplasm; biocenology and game management, as well as the GIS and RS department, informed their colleagues about the main scientific achievements of their units over the past year.

At this week’s meeting of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, issues related to the conservation of rare and endangered animal species were discussed. R. V. Jashenko, the General Director of the Institute of Zoology, delivered a report at the meeting. In his presentation, Roman Vasilyevich raised several important points:

Dear friends, we congratulate you on the Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan!

The 2nd Asian Ornithological Congress (AOC II) took place in Beijing, China, organized by the Institute of Zoology (IOZ) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Co-organizers included the International Ornithologists’ Union, the International Society of Zoological Research, the China Ornithological Society, several universities, and the journal Avian Research.

This week, employees of the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan — Leonid Kim (Laboratory of Arachnology and Other Invertebrates) and Gulzhanat Tanabekova (Academic Secretary of the Institute) — visited High Tech Academy, a private innovative school in Almaty, to evaluate scientific projects by 11th-grade students.

Senior researcher at the Laboratory of Entomology of the Institute of Zoology, Sergey V. Titov, won prizes in two categories at the regional photo contest AltaiPhotoLife – 2024, organized by the Katon-Karagay National Park.

High-quality optical microscopy is the foundation of diverse research in zoology. Today, the Institute of Zoology launched a new research-grade stereoscopic microscope, the ICOE SZ1800MT!

The Commission of the Institute of Zoology, formed by order No. 30-P dated November 14, 2023, reviewed and made changes to the list of Kazakh animal names and zoological terminology based on decisions made during discussions. On May 10, 2024, a meeting was held to reconsider the Kazakh name of the Przewalski’s horse, with the participation of Daniyar Galymovich Turgambaev, Chairman of the Committee for Forestry and Wildlife of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This was due to disagreements among historians and ethnographers regarding the correspondence of the Kazakh name “керқұлан” (“kerqulan”). Historians and ethnographers proposed replacing the Kazakh name of the Przewalski’s horse with “кертағы” (“kertaghy”).

The organizers of the conference were the Institute of Zoology of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Palace of Schoolchildren of the Department of Education of Almaty, and the Republican Educational and Methodological Center for Additional Education of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On March 6, 2024, the UNESCO chair for Sustainable Development of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University held an international round table dedicated to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The purpose of the event was to familiarize students with the contribution of women to science, their achievements and difficulties on the way to professional success, as well as to contribute to the formation of a positive moral assessment of the activities of women scientists in the name of science and progress, the development of productive thinking.