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The milestone 30th issue of Saiga News has been published — an international information bulletin devoted to the conservation and study of the saiga (Saiga tatarica), a rare steppe antelope listed in the IUCN Red List. Published since 2005, the journal is issued biannually in six languages, including Kazakh and Russian, and covers current nature conservation topics in the saiga’s range countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Mongolia, and China.

Every year, for two centuries now, many countries around the world, including Kazakhstan, celebrate International Bird Day on April 1.

On March 23, 2025, at the age of 80, our colleague – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Education and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Honored Worker of Science and Education, Birlikbay Eshzhanovich Eshzhanov, passed away.

Warm spring weather has finally arrived in the vicinity of Almaty, and the staff of the Paleozoology Laboratory at the Institute of Zoology wasted no time organizing their first field excursion. After a long winter, we’d been missing excavation work!

The following experts took part in the press conference: Roman Vasilievich Yashchenko, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of the Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Marina Alexandrovna Chirikova, Deputy Director General for Science; and Aydyn Baurzhanovich Yeszhanov, Head of the Laboratory of Arachnology and Other Invertebrates.

The grant topic “Distribution and Phylogeny of the Genus Turcomilax in the Northern and Western Tien Shan” largely overlaps with Anel’s doctoral dissertation research.

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.