During the Pleistocene, it ranged across the mammoth steppe from the British Isles to Beringia. Today, the dominant subspecies (S. t. tatarica) only occurs in Kalmykia and Astrakhan Oblast …

Saiga, medium-sized hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla) that lives in herds in treeless steppe country. It is found in southwestern Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.

The critically endangered saiga antelope once roamed the steppes of Central Asia in the millions, but the global population has suffered a series of dramatic declines.

Saiga migrate long distances, walking with their heads pointing to the ground. A single male takes charge of leading a harem of 30 to 50 females, which he has earned after a fierce …

In a rare and remarkable conservation success, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has reclassified the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) from critically endangered to near …

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.

The Saiga is a living relic from the Ice Age, having roamed alongside mammoths and woolly rhinos. They can consume plants toxic to other animals, such as saltworts and wormwood, …