An animal once considered extinct in the wild has seen its classification changed to “endangered,” signifying a remarkable comeback. The scimitar-horned oryx has recovered its numbers thanks to the ...
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 most recent additions to the scimitar-horned oryx herd at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are two calves borne from an improved artificial insemination method. Smithsonian ...
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 ...
Decades after its demise in the wild, a resilient herbivore has bounced back and could form the vanguard in the battle to ...
It is hoped that putting the most important herbivore back into the habitat will help the entire ecosystem to function better. Environmental Agency—Abu Dhabi (EAD) In a first attempt to restore a ...
The scimitar-horned oryx calf was born on Oct. 8. N. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - The Lehigh Valley Zoo is welcoming the arrival of another scimitar-horned oryx calf. The announcement is being made by the ...
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 ...
This is the thirtieth Scimitar Oryx born at the zoo as a result of its captive breeding programme since 1992. The creature, which is found in the region of Sub-Sahara and North African border of ...
A scimitar-horned oryx – a species that was once extinct in the wild – has been born at the Lehigh Valley Zoo at Schnecksville. The female oryx was born January 29 to parents Donner and Tik-Tok, and ...
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 ...
Perhaps the saddest of the three recent animal deaths at a Smithsonian conservation center in Virginia was that of the scimitar-horned oryx, because it might be hoped that members of the same ...