In 1985, when I first went to Vietnam to research and write about the environmental effects of the US/Vietnam war I met a handful of Vietnamese scientists who were operating on a shoestring budget. They were racing against time to regreen the war-scarred land. Over 25 years later, biologist To Duoc is as hard working and optimistic as ever. He is still on the search for the mysterious saola, the world's most primitive bovine, which he discovered with scientist John Mackinnon in 1992. Of course, indigenous groups in Vietnam and Laos have known and treasured the Ice age relic saola for centuries, decorating the roofs of their ceremonial houses with its skulls, which they believe are the vessels of their souls.
Discover Vietnam's invincible scientist and his ongoing campaign to save the saola from extinction at
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