A grain of hope in the desert: Arabian oryx leaps back from near-extinction
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- The regal Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), which was hunted to near extinction, is now facing a more secure future according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Its wild population now stands at 1,000 individuals.