Asia | Undulating ungulates

Ice Age antelopes surge back from the brink of extinction

Even better, these peers of sabre-toothed tigers can help with carbon capture

A Saiga antelope walks on a prairie outside Almaty, Kazakhstan
Now you see themPhotograph: Getty Images
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Correction (December 18th 2024): A previous version of this article incorrectly listed David Attenborough as a founder of the Earthshot Prize. This has been corrected.

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