The Arabian oryx, one of the most beautiful animals on earth, also lives there.

Other than humans, wolves are the Arabian oryx's only predator.

The smaller Arabian oryx is overall whiter with largely dark legs.

The area of their release became the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary.

The last Arabian oryx in the wild prior to reintroduction were reported in 1972.

By 1980, the number of Arabian oryx in captivity had increased to the point that reintroduction to the wild was started.

Although in hindsight we know that there were actually quite a few potential Arabian oryx in private collections.

Arabian oryx are generally not aggressive toward one another, which allows herds to exist peacefully for some time.

Historically, the Arabian oryx probably ranged throughout most of the Middle East.

Re'em is also speculated to refer to the Arabian Oryx.

They're not the same animal as the Arabian Oryx,' Shaffler explains.

The Arabian oryx was only saved from extinction through a captive breeding program and reintroduction to the wild.

Other species have been successfully re-introduced, such as the endangered Arabian oryx and the sand gazelle.

This puts the Arabian oryx well over the threshold of 250 mature individuals needed to qualify for Endangered.

The Arabian oryx is the national animal of Jordan and Qatar.

In the early 1960's, tireless poachers were whittling away the Arabian oryx's numbers and threatening its survival.

Most of the Arabian oryx in the wild today have ancestors from the Phoenix Zoo.

Even before the park was built, the population of Arabian oryx was teetering on the verge of extinction.

Mahazat as-Sayd is one of the few places where the Arabian oryx has been reintroduced to.

In Israel the reintroduction program was established in 1978 when four pairs of Arabian oryx were purchased.

One of the main goals of the reserve has been to bring back locally extinct species, notably the Arabian Oryx, into the wild.

If you look at the bison, the black footed ferret, the Arabian oryx, even the Wyoming toad, they've come back.

The island is home to around 30 species of mammals, including a variety of antelope and one the world's largest herd of endangered Arabian oryx.

Notable among the campaigns was a successful effort, named Operation Oryx, to keep the Arabian oryx from being killed off.

Some of the featured animals in these locations are the sea snake, the Arabian oryx, the tiger, and the Giant Panda.