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From almost being extinct to a dramatic comeback, this ‘star war’ antelope has been roaming the Earth since Ice Age
With its oversized, drooping nose that seems borrowed from another world, the Saiga Antelope looks like a creature out of a prehistoric dream or from the star wars! Native to the steppes and semi ...
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Critically endangered antelope saiga makes comeback
The population of a rare type of antelope has more than doubled since 2019, in a remarkable turn around in fortunes. According to the first aerial survey in two years, the number of saiga in their ...
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One Of The Most Significant Mammal Recoveries Ever Recorded Scoops 2024 Award
In Kazakhstan lives an antelope that wouldn’t look out of place on the set of Star Wars. Saiga and their gloriously wibbly ...
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Mystery deepens over mass die-off of antelopes
More than 200,000 saiga antelopes collapsed and died suddenly in 2015, wiping out most of the global population. The deaths were found to be caused by a bacterial infection. However, new data ...
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Kazakhstan’s saiga antelope population booms to over 4 million
10.12.2024, 12:39 Kazakhstan’s saiga antelope population booms to over 4 million ASTANA. Dec 10 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - The saiga population in Kazakhstan has rebounded remarkably, now exceeding 4 ...