For the first time, scimitar-horned oryx are going to be reintroduced to the wild in Chad. Extinct in the wild since the mid-1980s, the species’ return is the result of the Environment Agency—Abu ...

"The tip of the iceberg." Desert mammals thought to have been extinct for almost 50 years return to the wild: 'It could've ...

Ninety-eight Arabian oryxes have been released into the desert of the United Arab Emirates in an attempt to reintroduce the creature to its natural habitat after 40 years of extinction in the Persian ...

Goats and Gazelles and Oryx, Oh My! How Wildlife Veterinarians Treat (Almost) All Species Jennifer Yu Collectively, veterinarians are trained to work with a variety of species. There are equine ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A male scimitar-horned oryx from the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va., is playing an important role in ensuring the species does not vanish from the ...

A male scimitar-horned oryx from the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center is playing an important role in ensuring the species does not vanish from the planet. Oryx are a type ...

Doha: Qatar is planning to reintroduce herds of Arabian oryx into the wild, decades after the animal became extinct in the wilds of the Arabian Peninsula. The Supreme Council for Environment and ...

They seem at first like your generic zoo animal. They lie in the tall grass, vaguely antelope-like, with saber-like horns, exotic enough to evoke Africa and not your garden-variety deer. They watch ...

This is the second group to be returned to the wild since the species was listed as Extinct in the Wild on the IUCN Red List in 2000. Eight female and six male scimitar-horned oryx were released on ...