The animal, dubbed the “Asian Unicorn” because it is so rarely seen, was photographed in Vietnam’s Central Annamite mountains. “When our team first looked at the photos we couldn’t ...

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.

Nicknamed the "Asian unicorn" because it has horns and is seen so infrequently, the saola was photographed in Vietnam 14 years after its last confirmed sighting in the wild, Barney Long ...

It has been nicknamed the Asian unicorn due to its almost mythical rarity, and it is the most recently discovered large land mammal, becoming known to science as late as in 1992. Even then ...

One of the Earth’s rarest animals, known as the ‘Asian unicorn’, has been spotted in a forest in Vietnam's central Annamite mountains. The elusive saola was photographed by a strategically ...

The saola, biologically related to cattle but looking more like an antelope, gained the "Asian unicorn" nickname because it is so rarely seen. The animal sports two parallel horns that extend ...

Scientists are ramping up their search for the elusive 'Asian unicorn', one of the world's rarest animals, in an effort to save it from extinction. Asian unicorn, also called the saola ...

The creature, the saola (known colloquially as the "Asian unicorn") is a small, horned animal that resembles a strange goat-antelope hybrid, but is more closely related to a kind of wild cow.

It has been nicknamed the Asian unicorn due to its almost mythical rarity, and it is the most recently discovered large land mammal, becoming known to science as late as 1992. Even then ...

Yet celebrations are muted in light of the elusive species' plight; the saola, also known as the "Asian unicorn," is likely fast disappearing, conservationists warned in an announcement today ...