The saiga antelope, or saiga, is a species of antelope that once thrived across the Eurasian steppe in antiquity. Today, the dominant subspecies are found only in the Ural, Ustyurt, and Betpak-Dala ...
According to the first aerial survey in two years, the number of saiga in their Kazakhstan heartland has risen from 334,000 to 842,000. There were fears the animal was on the brink of extinction ...