Silver-backed chevrotains, also known as mouse-deer, were thought to be an extinct species. But scientists have found evidence the animals are still alive, after images of the animal were caught on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor), also ...

It’s said the rabbit-sized animal is not a deer or a mouse, despite its nickname being mouse deer. In fact, it’s the world’s smallest hoofed mammal. A tiny deer-like species not seen by scientists for ...

Once thought extinct in Singapore, a little-known species of miniature deer has reemerged in unprecedented numbers on a small island reserve in the Johor Strait. Researchers documented the greater ...

After talks with villagers and forest rangers near the beach city of Nha Trang who said they may have seen the tiny animals, conservationists set up camera-traps in a Vietnamese forest for five months ...