Caspian tigers were systematically hunted by military troops of the Soviet Union up until 1930. These troops laid traps and poisoned the felines for financial compensation since the creatures were ...

Caspian tigers were generally smaller than Siberian tigers, but males could weigh up to 240kg, and adults grew to about 10ft long, which is larger than most big cats that are around today.

Tigers could soon roam Central Asia again. The Caspian tiger, one of the largest cats to ever live, used to prowl through Turkey and large swaths of Central Asia to include Iran, Iraq and northwest… ...

Caspian tigers were found living close to rivers and streams in a vast area ranging from 300,000-350,000 square miles. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry researchers identified ...

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The Caspian tiger, a fierce predator that can be up to 3 meters long and weigh more than 140 kilograms, was last seen in the wild in the early 1970s and there are none in captivity, ...

The Caspian tiger was once one of the world's largest felines. It prowled around in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Mongolia, and the Central Asiatic area of Russia, but went extinct in the mid 1990s.

Caspian tigers, some of the largest cats that ever lived — up to 10 feet long and weighing more than 300 pounds — met a grim end in the middle of the 20th century. Until the mid-1960s when they were ...

By Cheryl Lyn Dybas A tale of two tigers Caspian (top) and Siberian (bottom) tigers. Bottom: Jochen Ackermann / wikimedia In reeds tinged red in the Central Asian sun, a tiger once roamed. There, in ...

An artist's depiction of a Caspian tiger HEPTNER AND SLUDSKIY, 1972 The Caspian tiger went extinct around 50 years ago, but scientists hope to bring a similar tiger species back to areas of central ...

The Caspian tiger's (Panthera tigris virgata) story is a tragic tale. Once a dominant predator of Asia's diverse landscapes, its disappearance testifies to the darker sides of agricultural development ...