antelope
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In Cyprus, she discovered a previously unknown species of dwarf elephant and in 1909, while in the Balearics, she discovered the myotragus - an extinct goat-like antelope.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The bay duiker antelope, for example, gives birth to offspring that weigh about as much as the estimated newborn C. theotonicus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
After watching thousands of antelope flow over the Tibetan steppe, Mr. Schaller wrote, “for a brief time I was free again.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
At Turner’s Outdoorsman in Torrance, racks of long guns line the back wall under taxidermied deer and antelope heads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
While one’s first association to African antelope is “vast dense herds spreading across the horizon,” in fact the males of those herds space themselves into territories and fight fiercely with each other when breeding.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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A genetic adaptation that allows animals such as yaks and Tibetan antelopes to survive in thin air may also point to a new way to repair nerve damage in humans.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
Sen. Adam Schiff and California Gov. Gavin Newsom — are rendered as giraffes, turtles, antelopes and other animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
When the floods spill over Botswana’s Okavango Delta every year, fat antelopes congregate in lush grazing grounds and big predators treat the islands like snack bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Experts say wolves attack humans or livestock only as a last resort when they are starving, preferring less dangerous prey such as small antelopes.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
The antelopes did not leap gracefully as I imagined they would; they wheeled like spooked horses around the inside of the circle, then suddenly veered out as if by accident or blindness.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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