JEDDAH: The birth of an onager foal in Saudi Arabia after more than a century marks a major milestone in the Kingdom’s efforts to restore native species and revive ecosystems that once shaped the ...

Excitement is in the air at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, where hoofstock keepers are eagerly anticipating the births of three Persian onagers! Get to know ...

Behind the scenes, Smithsonian care teams welcomed four animal babies from three imperiled species: Hartmann’s mountain zebra, Przewalski’s horse, and Persian onager. Tara Buk, Ungulates Keeper Few ...

At 4 months old, our Persian onager filly is quite a character! She has always had a rambunctious side, but lately she has become even more inquisitive and bold. For starters, she takes great interest ...

My travels take me to some very exotic places where I encounter some very exotic animals, but this week I discovered one of the rarest creatures in the world living in my own backyard. The Persian ...

TABUK — The first birth of onager (Equus hemionus) on Saudi soil in more than 100 years was recorded at Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve, thanks to the intensive Saudi wildlife conservation ...

The zoo said the "leggy youngster" is enjoying racing around his new habitat Chester Zoo has celebrated the birth of what it said was one of the rarest animals on earth. The Cheshire attraction said ...

Two closely related species, the endangered Grevy's zebra of Africa -- the largest surviving wild equid -- and the onager, a wild ass of Asia have radically different social behaviors and community ...

Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve proudly announces the reintroduction of the Persian onager to Saudi Arabia, marking the species’s return to the Kingdom after more than a century of absence.

Are onagers (also known as the Asiatic Wild Ass – but aside from the title, I’m sticking with onager) the hope for Israel’s Negev Desert or are they an unmitigated ecological disaster? That’s the ...