
Saving the Asian Unicorn – If It Still Exists6.5.2025 09:48:24 CEST | Københavns Universitet - Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet | Press release
The saola, an antelope-like bovine, is one of the world’s rarest and most endangered mammals. In fact, it hasn’t been observed in over 10 years. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Vietnamese scientists and an international team of researchers, have for the first time mapped the saola’s complete genome, and they have used that knowledge to estimate the chances of saving it – if it still exists.