The 200,000 ha Central Asian steppe areas included in the property provide a valuable refuge for over half the species of the region’s steppe flora, a number of threatened bird species and the ...

The Middle Corridor, intended to span the Central Asian steppe, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea, presents this opportunity. Considering disruptions to other trade routes ...

ASTANA — Once a thriving capital and strategic stronghold in Central Asia, the ancient city of Syganak in southern Kazakhstan ...

Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan protects substantial, largely undisturbed areas of Central Asian steppe and lakes in the Korgalzhyn and Naurzum State Nature Reserves. The property's ...

In an expedition through the Central Asian steppe, a group of Kazakh and European archaeologists search for clues left by early Humans and Neanderthals - they are investigating the prehistoric ...

Ivory doesn’t hold up as well against weathering as bone, making it a less suitable material for toolmaking, researchers said. It also breaks into smaller pieces, making it harder to use with any deal ...