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 ...

There were just 18 oryx when they first came to Lion Country Safari in 2013. Today, there are 27. And around the world — including preserves in Africa — they are steadily growing in numbers.

Oryx were once common in the wild. As recently as 1900, there were as many as 1 million of them in North Africa. But their numbers began to dwindle as they were hunted, both for sport and food.

A scimitar-horned oryx calf was born January 29 at Lehigh Valley Zoo, part of an international reintroduction program for the species that was once extinct in the wild.

TUCSON (KVOA) – The Phoenix Zoo is pleased to announce the birth of two female Arabian oryx calves, both of which were born at the zoo on Feb. 13.

The Arabian oryx was classed as extinct in the wild but now thriving herds can be found throughout the Kingdom. Ahmed Boug of Saudi Arabia’s National Centre for Wildlife, explains what’s next ...

Lehigh County; Scimitar-horned oryx are extinct in the wild, but one was just born at Lehigh Valley Zoo. Published: ; Nov. 25, 2022, 4:42 p.m.

The scimitar-horned oryx was deemed extinct in the wild until the St. Louis Zoo and others led an effort to send oryxes in zoos to Africa.

Wild Encounters. Beisa Oryx Strikes Stunning Pose In The Wild. Posted: January 31, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025 "Rob the Ranger brings the untamed beauty of African wildlife straight to your ...

Scimitar-horned oryx saved from extinction in the wild by British scientists An African antelope is bounding back from extinction in the wild thanks to a breeding programme led by British experts.

“The Arabian oryx disappeared in the wild in the 1970s, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined with Saudi Arabia in a captive breeding and reintroduction programme, similar to what we hope to ...