Genetic diversity is a primary component of adaptive evolution, and its loss or reduction can decrease the long-term survival probability of populations. Utilization of cryopreserved semen may be ...

In April 2024, seven Persian onagers were translocated from the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature's Shaumari Reserve in Jordan to the Reserve, establishing the first wild population in the ...

The thin ranks of the endangered Persian onager were joined Sept. 7 by a newborn foal. The unnamed female, appearing strong and healthy, is the first Persian onager to be bred at the Smithsonian ...

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 ...

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 ...

Typically, an onager is grey-brown to yellow color above with a black dorsal stripe running from the mane to the tail. The lower flanks and underparts are white. The animals prefer bleak and steppe ...

The Persian onager, also called the Persian wild ass or Persian zebra, is a subspecies of onager native to Iran and is living together with other animals in Bahram-e Gur Protected Area in Fars ...

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.