St. Louis Zoo helps oryx come back from near-extinction
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.
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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.
The addax is the most desert-adapted antelope in the Sahara, but its slow movements make it vulnerable to predators and poachers.
Animals from A to Z — one addax and five zebras — have started to trickle into the safari-like park in north St. Louis County.
The Brookfield Zoo in Illinois announced the birth of a healthy addax, a species of African antelope considered critically endangered.
Brookfield Zoo in Chicago has announced, for the 2nd time in 12 months, another birth of a critically endangered Addax calf. Read more here.