Sentences with phrase «saiga antelope»

Over the span of three weeks in 2015, more than 200,000 saiga antelope suddenly died in central Kazakhstan from hemorrhagic septicemia caused by a normally harmless bacteria called Pasteurella multocida type B. Now, scientists know what happened.

In May 2015, more than 200,000 saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) suddenly died.

A map of the range of the endangered saiga antelope.

The unusual - looking saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica), with its remarkable elongated snout, once was prolific in the Eurasian steppes.

«The Mongolian saiga population is now experiencing a die - off that continues to escalate in scope and scale, and we feel that we may be facing the potential extinction of this subspecies of the saiga antelope, if immediate and comprehensive actions are not taken.»

This is the second time Morris Animal Foundation has come to support the saiga antelope with funding through the Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund.

The team monitored and responded to outbreaks of wildlife - originating diseases, such as the saiga antelope die - off in Kazakhstan and global outbreaks of avian influenza.

Denver — Having already funded research on the health of dolphins affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund will now help the rare saiga antelope in Kazakhstan.

Proportional contribution of Deer & Horse (red deer and horse), Saiga (saiga antelope), Mammoth (woolly mammoth) and Hare (hare) as estimated by Drucker et al for human remains from different layers of Buran - Kaya III; each symbol corresponds to the mean protein diet contribution to a given human individual.

For animals, this could mean making sure a population doesn't get so small that something like a disease outbreak — such as the one that happened with saiga antelope in 2015 — or a really bad winter results in extinction.

Said Dr. Susan Lieberman, WCS Vice President for International Policy: «The saiga antelope is an example of how immediate and integrated actions can turn a conservation disaster into what may turn out to be a conservation success.

Because of that, it also harbors some of the last great migratory spectacles of large mammals — over a million Mongolian gazelle as well as saiga antelope, Tibetan gazelle, Tibetan antelope, and giant argali sheep — a total of 15 large mammals under consideration in this Initiative.»

The bison in North America, the saiga antelope in central Asia, and many caribou in the Arctic once migrated by the millions, sustaining ecosystems in the rivers they crossed.

Tens of millions of saiga antelope once roamed the Steppes, but now they are restricted to Kazakhstan, the Russian region of Kalykia and parts of Mongolia.

More than 200,000 critically endangered saiga antelope mysteriously died over a three - week span in 2015.

Spring calving season for the saiga antelope of central Kazakhstan is a delight for the researchers who keep tabs on the critically endangered animals.

The team discovered that the combination of mammals found together in the Altai and Sayan mountains of western Mongolia and southern Russia — such as horses, reindeer, saiga antelopes and wolverines — is similar to the ancient glacial communities.

The scientists measured the percentage of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the bones of early humans and the locally present potential prey animals such as saiga antelopes, horses, and deer.

More than 12,000 critically endangered saiga antelopes were found dead in western Kazakhstan in May of this year.

A healthy group of endangered saiga antelopes.

Not exact matches

Reindeer, horse, saiga, antelope, bison, woolly mammoth and wooly rhinoceros were attested, and were hunted by early man.