Scientists discover about 18,000 new species every year, yet some still evade researchers’ watchful eyes. While the saola is ...

An international research team analyzed DNA from 26 saola specimens, revealing two genetically distinct populations that ...

It hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2013, leading to it being nicknamed the “Asian unicorn” for its elusiveness. But ...

In 2013, a camera trap in Quang Nam province, Vietnam, snapped a photo of a rare and elusive animal. Known as the Asian ...

In the remote, misty highland forests straddling Vietnam and Laos, a rare creature may still roam unseen. Known as the saola, ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of one of the rarest animals in the world: the 'Asian unicorn', which hasn't been seen ...

Last seen in 2013, the elusive saola or 'Asian unicorn' may be extinct—or still hiding in Vietnam’s forests. New genetic ...

The saola, an antelope-like bovine, is one of the world’s rarest and most endangered mammals. In fact, it hasn’t been ...

The saola’s newly sequenced genome offers hope for one of Earth’s rarest mammals.

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.