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Mysterious die-off sparks race to save saiga antelope

Half of world population of the endangered saiga dies in weeks — and nobody is sure why.

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Nicholls, H. Mysterious die-off sparks race to save saiga antelope. Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.17675

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