Their numbers were decimated by hunting in the mid-20th century. Prehistoric creature known for its distinct appearance makes ...

Less than a decade ago, more than half of the world’s saiga antelope were lost to a mysterious disease. Its comeback is a rare and phenomenal conservation success. A male saiga antelope in ...

It was December when the first reports started coming in: All across the frozen Mongolian steppe, saiga were dying. The antelope species, with its tawny coat, ringed horns and incongruous ...

Conservationists have solved a mystery that has bedeviled them for serveral years: what caused the mass die-off of hundreds of thousands of critically endangered saiga antelope in Central Asia.

With its distinctive bulbous nose, the saiga antelope is a relic of the Ice Age, once coexisting with now-extinct creatures such as wholly mammoths and saber-tooth tigers thousands of years ago.

Scientists have determined that unusually warm temperatures and high humidity may have played a role in the mysterious die-off two years ago of half of the world's population of saiga antelope in ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Known for its ...