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The saola is known as the ‘Asian unicorn’ and a new study suggests a quirk in their DNA could save them from extinction
This could be what keeps them alive in the present.
Native to Vietnam, the saola is a horned species so illusive, it’s been nicknamed the Asian unicorn. Researchers reconstructed the genomes of 26 saola using samples from hunting trophies. A breeding ...
Scientists have sequenced the genome of one of the rarest animals in the world: the 'Asian unicorn', which hasn't been seen in more than a decade. The first-of-its-kind genetic analysis offers new ...
On World Saola Day, WWF and IUCN’s Saola Working Group are calling for urgent action to save one of the world’s most endangered and rarely seen mammals. July 9, 2016 -- On World Saola Day, WWF and ...
Is it extinct, or does it still roam somewhere deep in the misty highland forests of Vietnam and Laos? It has been nicknamed the Asian unicorn due to its almost mythical rarity, and it is the most ...
Few people have the opportunity to meet near-mythical beasts in real life — but Rob Timmins has. He’s one of the few biologists ever to spend time with a saola, a wild ox once known as the “Asian ...
Collaborative Program Will Complement Ongoing Habitat Protection and Anti-Poaching Efforts to Save One of World’s Rarest Mammals The second-annual World Saola Day, July 9, marks a renewed sense of ...
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