Kazakhstan's vast steppe is home to a majority of the world's Saiga - Copyright AFP Wakil KOHSAR Kazakhstan's vast steppe is home to a majority of the world's Saiga ...

One day in May of 2015, a handful of critically endangered saiga antelope dropped over, dead. This wasn't necessarily alarming to the scientists in the area who were busy monitoring the herd; the ...

In 2015, a nasal bacteria wiped out more than half of the world’s Saiga antelope population, spurring disturbing images of carcasses strewn across the vast steppe of Central Asia. But now the species ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 2006, a group of international NGOs and the government of Kazakhstan came together to save the dwindling population of saiga antelope of the ...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan is planning to cull up to 337,000 saiga antelope after the number of the once-endangered animal roaming the Kazakh steppe increased by tenfold in the past decade after ...

Kazakhstan said Wednesday it will authorize the hunting of saiga antelopes, once an endangered species that the government says is now threatening farming in the vast Central Asian country. The ...

A newborn saiga antelope takes its first steps on the Central Asian steppe, unaware that its species, once millions strong, is now critically endangered. Poachers target them for their horns, while ...

Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan protects substantial, largely undisturbed areas of Central Asian steppe and lakes in the Korgalzhyn and Naurzum State Nature Reserves. The property's ...

As the sun beats down on the steppe of northern Kazakhstan, the land looks lifeless. But with a sudden rustle, a delicate golden creature rises from a mound of grass. For a moment, this newborn ...