The grasslands of North Africa once abounded with antelope crowned with blade-like horns. Herds of the hoofed creatures, known as scimitar-horned oryx, could be found as far west as Mauritania and as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Lehigh Valley Zoo is celebrating the recent birth of a scimitar-horned oryx, a species of antelope that's considered extinct in the wild. The zoo in Schnecksville is among those participating in 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 ...

N. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - Lehigh Valley Zoo, along with Lehigh Valley Health Network, welcomed a scimitar-horned oryx calf on Aug. 4, according to a news release from the zoo. The calf born to mom ...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - The public is invited to the Cape May County Park and Zoo for an Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 26 to celebrate “Promoting Planet Perfection,” during which the zoo ...

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 ...

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 ...

Goats and Gazelles and Oryx, Oh My! How Wildlife Veterinarians Treat (Almost) All Species Jennifer Yu Collectively, veterinarians are trained to work with a variety of species. There are equine ...