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 ...

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

ASTANA – Wildlife experts explained how satellite telemetry tracking equipment maps the lives of saiga antelopes in ...

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 ...

Within about a week an entire herd -- 60,000 saiga -- died ... just before previous antelope die-offs in Kazakhstan in 1981 and 1988. The fear now, say Kock and other scientists, is that with ...

Kazakhstan said Wednesday it will authorize the hunting of saiga antelopes, once an endangered species that the government ...

Poaching is on the decline in Kazakhstan, and saiga have been allowed to roam more or less freely. The antelope's own fertile reproduction patterns are a boon. Females start giving birth when they ...

Male saiga antelope battle in Black Lands National ... and restrict harvest to a sustainable level. For its part, Kazakhstan’s government focused on stronger anti-poaching measures, including ...

The mysterious death of 200,000 critically endangered antelopes in Kazakhstan last year was ... With its distinctive bulbous nose, the saiga antelope is a relic of the Ice Age, once coexisting ...

Saiga antelope horns are used in traditional Chinese ... end launches at the Soviet-built Baikonur Cosmodrome, in central Kazakhstan, of Russia’s Proton-M carrier rockets.” ...

Dozens of dead saiga antelope were found this week in Kazakhstan in the latest evidence of poaching of the critically endangered animal that roams the steppes of Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia.