Saiga Antelopes Are Struck Again by a Plague in Central Asia
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Ховд, Hovd, Mongolia |
It was December when the first reports started coming in: All across the frozen Mongolian steppe, saiga were dying from a virus. The antelope species, with its tawny coat, ringed horns and incongruous oversize snout, has roamed the world's chilly northern grasslands since the Pleistocene.
A female saiga
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A female saiga
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