More than 70 years after tigers disappeared from Kazakhstan, a female Amur tiger named Umit has been released into the wild. The release is part of a programme to restore the species to its historic ...

After nearly 70 years, a tiger is roaming Kazakhstan's wild again. Meet Umit, the Amur tiger at the heart of one of the world's most ambitious rewilding projects and discover why scientists waited dec ...

A Przewalski’s horse foal has been born in Central Kazakhstan for the first time in 200 years- a big step on the road to ...

ASTANA – Tigress Umit, released into Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve on July 31 as part of the country’s tiger ...

Przewalski’s horses have returned to the steppes of Kazakhstan after nearly 200 years, part of an ambitious scheme to reintroduce the world’s last wild horses to their original habitats. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kazakhstan's tiger reintroduction program welcomed its first Amur tigers in 2024, but these are captive individuals that the ...

ALTYN-EMEL NATIONAL PARK, Kazakhstan – With a loud thwack of their wings, the falcons took flight, quickly soaring high above the rocky desert landscape of Altyn-Emel National Park in southeastern ...

On the sandy and rocky ground of central Asia, large footprints indicate the presence of a prowling predator. The paw-shaped imprints belong to Persian leopards, a rare species facing extinction ...

The Central Asian country is planning a major conservation push that could reshape its future as one of Asia’s most exciting nature and wildlife destinations. Kazakhstan has long been one of Asia’s ...

Nearly half of the world’s population of a rare, central Asian antelope died in late May. And even the scientists and conservationists most interested in the animals are left scratching their heads as ...

Kazakhstan is achieving a conservation success by boosting numbers of the rare saiga antelope, a new count of the critically endangered species has shown. The saiga population has rocketed by 150 ...

Until not long ago, the Przewalski's horse was extinct in the wild. Due to the usual medley of human activity, habitat loss, ...