Some animals are so rare, they are more like myths than living, breathing organisms. Take the Upemba lechwe, for example.

Also known as the white antelope or screwhorn antelope, the addax is part of the spiral-horned antelope group. While endemic ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (7News) — Maryland Zoo officials welcomed a new African spiral-horned antelope to its family in early July, expanding a family of the "near-threatened" species, according to Zoo ...

This beautiful sweetheart is a nyala. Nyalas are a kind of African antelope known for their distinct looks. Males have spiral horns, slate grey to dark brown coats and up to 14 stripes on their backs.

“They are very vulnerable.” Male saiga antelope battle in Black Lands National Park. Males and their horns are a specific target of poachers. Just as the threats to the saiga were multi ...

The sale of a greater Kudu bull, a type of antelope prized by hunters ... The animal known as Hercules is about 12 years old, with spiral horns of more than 66 inches (1.7 meters) long, and ...

Now researchers have validated another, a pair of horns in the Natural History Museum’s collections. The bluebuck or blue antelope was the first large African mammal to go extinct in recent times.