From one deer’s DNA, a road map emerges to save an endangered Philippine species

The net fell with a dull thud.

Abraham thrashed once, twice, then went still.

A metal notcher clicked against the soft cartilage of his ear, snipping a tiny piece of tissue into ethanol.

An antiseptic spray then hissed over the wound, sealing it from infection.

Abraham is a Visayan spotted deer (Rusa alfredi), who was […]