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Mass death among saiga antelopes – listen to the researchers live

Published: 20 February 2019
 Saiga antelope. Photo.

In 2015, 200,000 saiga antelope died within a few weeks. An extreme blow to a species that is one of the world's most endangered species. Why did they die? No one knows for sure yet, but some of the researchers who have come furthest in solving the mystery works this week towards the solution at the Department of Wildlife, Fish and the Environmental studies.