Every fairy tale needs a formidable villain, and in Kazakh folklore, Zhalmauyz Kempir — also known as Mystan Kempir — ...

ASTANA – On National Sports Day, celebrated on March 20 as part of the ten-day Nauryz festivities, The Astana Times ...

However, the birds that call the West Siberian Plain home, whether as residents or travelers, have been poorly documented — until now. A group of researchers and ornithologists set out to document the ...

Since the advent of geobrowser Google Earth, a number of strange and mysterious things around the globe are visible.

Pakistan, and indeed all 12 of the snow leopard range countries, have made great strides in halting and reversing declines of snow leopards.

While mosques are filling up with large crowds from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan, commercial initiatives related to the Muslim ...

Nowruz is celebrated at the exact moment of the spring equinox when the sun crosses the celestial equator. In 2025, this ...

Dr Rakesh Verma Migratory birds are a remarkable phenomenon in the animal kingdom, known for their extraordinary journeys ...

The hatch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the astronauts was sealed at 11:05 p.m. ET on Monday. In the nex ...

Red Book lynxes are increasingly being encountered in Almaty Nature Reserve, this time we managed to capture little lynx cubs ...

A knee-high ornate crumbling white stone wall was our only barrier between the windswept tree-encircled ancient square and ...