I’M ON A HIGH RACK built onto a 1985 Dodge pickup, glassing the desert country with a good view of the Davis Mountains, where I’ve hunted for aoudads and where the elk hunting is rumored to be good ...

The scimitar oryx, originally from North Africa, became extinct in the wild in the 1990s due to habitat loss, poaching, and overhunting. These antelope can weigh up to 450 pounds for males and 300 ...

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 has been brought back from extinction through captive breeding. Conservationists hope it could help ...

Scimitar-horned oryx being released into their holding pen in Chad last March Environment Agency --Abu Dhabi (EAD) This week, conservationists will release 23 scimitar-horned Oryx dammah into the ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff Jeff Forman (left) and Ryan Reitz (center) drag the scimitar shot by Harold Lee (not pictured) onto a trailer alongside Kelton Mote (right) during an exotic ...

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 ...

Named for its long, curving horns, the scimitar-horned oryx stands about 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall. Its horns may add another .9 meters (3 feet) of height to its body. Although the oryx lives mostly in ...

FORT WORTH, Texas - For years, hundreds of Texas ranchers have made big money on exotic antelopes, with hunters paying up to $10,000 to bag just one dama gazelle, a rare animal with short horns ...

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 ...