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Biologist films rare animals in Almaty mountains
Tengrinews.kz - Rare wild animals have been spotted again in the mountains near Almaty, and a local biologist managed to capture them on camera.
11 March 2025 15:59
Fido forever? S. Korea's dog cloning clinic
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 July 2016 14:04
UNESCO adds Kazakhstani site to list of biosphere reserves
A Kazakhstani site has been added to the UNESCO list of protected biosphere nature reserves.
24 March 2016 16:35
Face value: How fertile women spot rivals
It is not only animals that rely on physical cues to gauge the fertility of potential rivals for a mate.
27 January 2016 15:54
Kazakh scientists suggest adding live bacteria to cattle's feed
Kazakh researchers from Almaty-based Kazakh National Technical University have developed bio pellets that facilitate growth of livestock.
09 February 2015 14:10
Revival of Przewalski's horses continues in Kazakhstan
Przewalski's horses will be brought from the Nuremberg Zoo to Kazakhstan in Spring 2016.
08 December 2014 14:52
DNA may survive trip to suborbital space and back
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 November 2014 13:06
Sturgeon may inhabit Kazakhstan's northern regions first time ever
An entrepreneur from Akmola Oblast Adil Galimov has bred large sturgeons in artificial ponds from Astana.
29 September 2014 20:39
Worms, flies and humans: how we are related
Biologists said the genetic machinery of humans, fruit flies and roundworms was similar in many ways, a discovery that could help basic research.
28 August 2014 13:15
New residents of Semey: cormorants inhabit Irtysh river
An enormous flock of cormorants has occupied uninhabited islands on the Irtysh river right near the bridge in Semey, Kazakhstan.
10 August 2014 12:46
Tiny 'living fossil' found in New Zealand waters
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 May 2014 03:29
Kazakh diet potatoes: New healthy alternative
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 January 2014 18:50
New quest to study 'living fossil' coelacanth
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 March 2013 14:19
Fists came first for hand evolution, scientists suggest
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 December 2012 10:05
Darwin earns 4,000-plus votes in US election
Charles Darwin earned more than 4,000 votes in a US congressional race from voters protesting the unopposed candidacy of an ardent creationist.
10 November 2012 14:37
Kazakhstan geneticist bred embryo of chicken with crocodile's head
"Crocochicken" was bred by Kazakhstan resident Arkhat Abzhanov, head of Harvard genetics laboratory.
29 September 2011 12:04
Kazakh-flag-color roses coming soon
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 April 2011 19:06