Kazakhstan, the ninth largest country in the world, is a land of contrasts and wonder, blending ancient traditions with modern development. With a population of around 18 million, the country ...

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.

Kazakh artist Dosbol Kasymov spoke to EWTN News about his icon “Mother of the Great Steppe” in advance of Pope Francis’ Sept. 13–15 trip to Kazakhstan.

Known as Przewalski’s horses, the animals have been missing from Kazakhstan’s landscape for 200 years. ... there will be at least 200 wild horses roaming the Kazakh Steppe over the next decade.

Steppe Cowboys. Kazakhstan's Big Country Hosts a Breed of Hard-Riding, Hard-Drinking Drovers. April 11, 2009. By ...

The climate in the northern Great Plains, the Kazakh officials figured, was similar to Kazakhstan’s. If cattle could endure North Dakota’s winters, they could survive on the Kazakh steppe.

Forgotten Stalin victims despair in Kazakh steppe. By Reuters. December 21, 2009 12:10 PM UTC Updated December 21, 2009. By Maria Golovnina. DOLINKA, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Their ...

After a few hesitant steps following a long flight from Prague, three Przewalski horses galloped off for the first time into the Kazakh steppe—the native habitat of this endangered species.

Land protections and hunting bans gave saiga the space to reproduce, and by the mid-2010s, there were 250,000 antelopes on the Kazakh steppe. Then, the already-fragile population was hit by a ...

The capsule landed on the Kazakh steppe about 3 1/2 hours after undocking from the space station in an apparently trouble-free descent. In the last stage of the landing, ...