The Institute of Zoology took part in the jury of the annual children’s creative lapbook contest themed “Flora and Fauna of Our Home”. The aim of the contest was to develop children’s interest in the plants and animals of Kazakhstan, stimulate creativity, foster ecological culture and a responsible attitude toward nature, and encourage an active civic position.

In 2026, the first state nature reserve of Kazakhstan and Central Asia – Aksu-Zhabagly – will celebrate its 100th anniversary. To mark this milestone, a team of authors prepared a book dedicated to the oldest reserve of our country. The compiler and editor of the book “Aksu-Zhabagly 100 Years” is A.F. Kovshar, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, and Chief Researcher of the Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Fifty young researchers from around the world gathered at Lund University (Sweden) to attend the course “Ecology of Animal Migration,” designed to enhance the qualifications of doctoral students and PhD researchers.

“STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG SCIENCE: FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS” was the theme of the Republican round table of the Council of Young Scientists under the MNHE of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which took place on 28 November at the Kazakhstan-British Technical University.

The 9th Asian Arachnological Conference took place in Vang Vieng, Laos, from November 10 to 14. Kazakhstan was represented by Leonid Kim — Junior Researcher at the Laboratory of Arachnology and Other Invertebrates and Chair of the Council of Young Scientists of the Institute of Zoology.

The International Conference “Problems and Prospects for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Central Asia” was held on November 6–8, 2025, at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The event brought together more than 100 scientists and young researchers from 15 countries.

From October 4 to 12, the team of the Institute of Zoology of Kazakhstan conducted a short but successful expedition to the Kurty locality in Almaty Region — one of the few continental Paleozoic sites in Kazakhstan. The exposed rocks here date back to the Permian period, about 280 million years old, meaning that the organisms found in Kurty lived long before the age of dinosaurs.

We invite schools across Kazakhstan to join the movement to protect the Central Asian tortoise!

“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.