The Institute of Zoology is carrying out work under the IUCN project: “One Health in Nature Conservation — Enhancing Landscape Resilience to Zoonotic Disease Emergence by Consolidating Protected Area Systems in Central Asia.”

Work was carried out in the “Altyn-Emel” State National Nature Park to ring nestlings of the Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) – a rare raptor species listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan. Participating were B.T. Berdikulov and E.V. Akentyeva from the Institute of Zoology’s Ornithology Laboratory, together with staff from the Scientific Information and Monitoring Department of the park.

Scientists have described a new species of noctuid moth from the genus Perigrapha, discovered in the mountainous regions of southeastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.

On May 27, 2025, an extended meeting of the Committee on Agrarian Issues of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held, dedicated to the issue of the growing saiga population.

On May 22, International Day for Biological Diversity, the “Biodiversity of Kazakhstan 2025” competition begins!

Specialists from the Institute of Zoology conducted studies at the calving sites of the Betpak-Dala and Ustyurt saiga populations under the SCP “Development of a sustainable use system for the Betpak-Dala and Ustyurt saiga populations.”

The Laboratory of Cryobiology and the Biobank of Wild Animal Germplasm at the Institute of Zoology has officially joined ISBER — the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories!

Since 2010, every year the world celebrates Saiga Day – an international holiday initiated by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia.

The heads of laboratories and research staff of the Institute of Zoology conducted an excursion for a group of university lecturers from various cities across Kazakhstan.

From 25 to 28 April 2025, people across Kazakhstan can once again join the City Nature Challenge—an international urban wildlife “bioblitz” that takes place simultaneously in hundreds of cities worldwide. The event is being organised by volunteers in partnership with the Institute of Botany and Phyto-Introduction, the Institute of Zoology, the Open Conservation Biology Lab and a range of other organisations and media outlets.