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. One of the calves (pictured above) belongs to a ...

AMMAN — From facing extinction to earning a place in the Guinness Book for the largest flock in the mid-90’s, the Arabian Oryx made a remarkable comeback in Shaumari Wildlife Reserve in Jordan. The 22 ...

Growing up in the Middle East, Myyas Ahmed al-Quarqaz knew the Arabian oryx only from postage stamps. The antelope made famous in Arabian poetry and by its associations with the unicorn legend had ...

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Zoo has been a longtime player in Arabian Oryx conservation, and two calves were born at the facility in mid-February. One of the younglings is visible to the public at the ...

SAN DIEGO — It’s a cool morning, and the Arabian oryx herd at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park is hungry and slightly hostile to the visitors in its midst. The dominant male, known as No. 337, fixes a ...

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 Persian ...

The Gulf sultanate of Oman is looking to carve itself a new niche in ecotourism by opening up a sanctuary for one of the desert's most fabled creatures -- the Arabian oryx. Once extinct in the wild, ...

Abu Dhabi - From zero to 1,000, the Arabian oryx had made a spectacular come back into the wild. Only three decades ago these majestic, long-horned antelopes, indigenous to these parts, were ...

The population of the endangered Arabian oryx has now risen to around 5,000, with these straight-horned antelopes living in protected areas, zoos and research centres in different parts of the world, ...

01 May 2008 AMMAN - The Arabian oryx is expected back in its natural habitat in Wadi Rum next year, thanks to a pioneering project to reintroduce the internationally endangered species to be again ...

In a world-first, the DNA of a vulnerable species, the iconic Arabian Oryx, has been decoded. An international team led by the University of Sydney undertook this project to ensure the survival of the ...

Meet on Arabian Oryx tomorrow The UAE, which was selected earlier to be the venue of the General Secretariat of the co-ordinating committee for the conservation of the Arabian Oryx, will host the ...