Nearly Extinct Antelope Species Is Photographed for the First Time Ever

Experts celebrate as trail camera captures rare footage of elusive species not seen in decades: 'Such a large and striking animal'

A researcher has made history after securing the first-ever scientific observation of an animal that had eluded scientists for decades. During a six-month expedition on the island of Papua New Guinea, František Vejmělka, a doctoral candidate from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the University of South Bohemia, spotted the Mallomys istapantap, also known as the subalpine woolly rat. As IFL Science noted, Vejmělka documente…

Nearly Extinct Antelope Species is Photographed for the First Time Ever

This is the first-ever photograph of the Upemba lechwe -- one of the world’s rarest large mammals, now teetering on the brink of extinction, with fewer than 100 of these elusive creatures believed to remain.

Critically Endangered Upemba Lechwe Officially Photographed For The First Time

The ultra-rare antelope is thought to be on the brink of extinction.

Few people experience a tipping point for an endangered animal. But that's exactly what researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo say has captured the first-ever live photo of a Congo red waterbuck. This critically endangered antelope is on the brink of extinction, with scientists estimating that there are fewer than 100 individuals left in the world.

A rare photo is surprised for the first time in the life of antlopa Upemba lechwe, a species on the way of disappearance, considered by many to be “closed”. The image was made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and would...

First-Ever Published Photo of Rare Species, the Upemba Lechwe

A new research study includes the first-ever published photo of a live Upemba lechwe, a subspecies of red lechwe antelope. These rare animals only live in the Upemba wetlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The photo is grainy, but scientists are still thrilled about it. However, not all the news is good. One of Africa’s “most endangered and least-known antelopes,” the Upemba lechwe (Kobus anselli) is perhaps on the brink of extinction. Whi…