Once extinct in the wild, the scimitar-horned oryx has made a remarkable comeback in Chad, with more than 600 now living freely in the reserve.

The scimitar-horned oryx, a desert antelope that once ranged across parts of North Africa and the Sahel, was declared Extinct in the Wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

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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 ...

Ungulate keepers and scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, are celebrating the birth of two scimitar-horned oryx calves born via non-surgical ...

Rest of World News: In 2016, just 25 scimitar-horned oryx were flown from Abu Dhabi to Chad, marking the first time the species had set foot in the wild since it vanished.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...