Posts Tagged ‘Ice Age’

Death on the Steppes: Mystery Disease Kills Saigas

Saigas Death on the Steppes: Mystery Disease Kills Saigas

Before the end of the last Ice Age, saigas roamed by the millions in a range stretching from England to Siberia, even into Alaska. Eventually they moved to the steppes of Central Asia, where they continued to thrive — until the 20th century, when these strange-looking antelopes began flirting with extinction. Read the rest of this entry »

Giants of the Ice Age in Kalmykia

Giants of the Ice Age Exhibition ‘Giants of the Ice Age’ in Kalmykia!

Mammoth, saber-toothed cat ferocious Smilodon, ground sloth-megatherium, flightless bird-diatrima, zveroyascher dicynodonts, waterfowl plesiosaur, flying Pteranodon, Tyrannosaurus…

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