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At $100,000 a head, the puppies in western Seoul don't come cheap -- but at least their owners know exactly what they are getting.

• 04 июля 2016, 14:04

A Kazakhstani site has been added to the UNESCO list of protected biosphere nature reserves.

• 24 марта 2016, 16:35

It is not only animals that rely on physical cues to gauge the fertility of potential rivals for a mate.

• 27 января 2016, 15:54

Kazakh researchers from Almaty-based Kazakh National Technical University have developed bio pellets that facilitate growth of livestock.

• 09 февраля 2015, 14:10

Przewalski's horses will be brought from the Nuremberg Zoo to Kazakhstan in Spring 2016.

• 08 декабря 2014, 14:52

DNA molecules attached to the outside of a rocket may be able survive a trip to suborbital space and back into the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high temperatures.

• 27 ноября 2014, 13:06

An entrepreneur from Akmola Oblast Adil Galimov has bred large sturgeons in artificial ponds from Astana.

• 29 сентября 2014, 20:39

Biologists said the genetic machinery of humans, fruit flies and roundworms was similar in many ways, a discovery that could help basic research.

• 28 августа 2014, 13:15

An enormous flock of cormorants has occupied uninhabited islands on the Irtysh river right near the bridge in Semey, Kazakhstan.

• 10 августа 2014, 12:46

A microscopic marine creature believed to have been extinct for four million years has been found alive and well in New Zealand waters, researchers said.

• 30 мая 2014, 03:29

Kazakhstani plant-breeders have produced a new type of vitamin intensive potatoes that can be red, blue or even purple depending on the breed.

• 30 января 2014, 18:50

French and South African biologists will dive to deep-sea caves in the Indian Ocean next month in a bid to locate the coelacanth, the "living fossil" fish whose history predates the dinosaurs.

• 30 марта 2013, 14:19

Biologists say the human hand is a wonder of evolution, providing dexterity that lets our species perform activities as diverse as bricklaying, writing, ice hockey and brain surgery.

• 21 декабря 2012, 10:05

Charles Darwin earned more than 4,000 votes in a US congressional race from voters protesting the unopposed candidacy of an ardent creationist.

• 10 ноября 2012, 14:37

"Crocochicken" was bred by Kazakhstan resident Arkhat Abzhanov, head of Harvard genetics laboratory.

• 29 сентября 2011, 12:04

A group of horticulturists lead by biologist Yelizaveta Aivazi are working on a new rose cultivar Astana based on Japanese Suntory's blue rose.

• 20 апреля 2011, 19:06