
Evening clouds over an abandoned farmhouse in the steppe, in the buffer zone of Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve. 2008

Sunrise in the steppe

The Kolmyk steppe in early summer

A road for rangers to patrol the nature reserve leads out into the open steppe

A female saiga in the steppe of Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia

Saigas (female and male) in the steppe Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia

Rangers ambush poachers for saiga antelope in the open steppe. May 2003

Saiga newborn is weighed and measured by staff of the Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia

Saiga newborn calves lie in the steppe grasses

Saiga newborn calves lie in the steppe grasses

Saiga mother and twins. A saiga mother gets needed nutrients on a salty mound in the steppe

Feathergrass sways in the wind in the steppes

Feathergrass glows in the sunset in the steppes

Saigas at dawn

Saigas at the waterhole

Wolves at the watering hole

Females saiga in the steppe in Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve

A male saiga in the steppe

Saiga antelope graze near the ruins of a farmhouse in Cherniye Zemly Nature Reserve 2003