March 5–6, in Almaty (Kazakhstan), the “Human-wildlife conflicts in Central Asia” conference will take place.

Applications for participation and abstracts are accepted until January 20, 2025.

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 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.

Today, April 1, is International Bird Day, a day dedicated to protecting feathered birds and drawing attention to their vital role in nature. Birds are exceptionally interesting members of the animal kingdom and one of the groups of animals that humans encounter on a daily basis. In honor of Bird Day, we will hold several events to get better acquainted with them.