A rare deer species with vampire-like fangs, last seen more than 60 years ago, has been discovered still roaming in northeast Afghanistan, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) confirm. Known as the Kashmir musk deer - one of seven similar species found in Asia - it hasn't been spotted in the region's rugged forest slopes since 1948. Wanted for their valuable scent glands, which secret fluids used in traditional Chinese medicine, this species has suffered from poaching by humans. That, in combination with habitat loss, is what's led the musk deer to be listed as "endangered" on the IUCN's Red List.
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