Let Max melt away your Monday mood! Addax calf Maximus was born to parents Amali and Bruce on Wednesday, March 29. The male calf is doing well and can be seen outside with the addax herd at the Zoo. Addax are large antelopes endemic to the Sahara. In recent years, the number of wild addaxes has plummeted to near extinction. The Zoo supports this critically endangered species through a number of efforts, including by participating in The Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan for

Imagine being dropped into the Sahara - no water, 120 °F heat, and nothing but sand. You’d last 3 days. The addax antelope? It can survive for years. No tricks. Just evolution. This endangered desert marvel: 🦌 Changes coat color by season to manage heat 🔥 Raises body temp to 106 °F to avoid sweating 💧 Extracts water from dry plants & even dew But here's the tragedy: 👉 Fewer than 100 wild addax remain. Some estimates say just 30–50 left. Read More: bit.ly/4nNgn1d #Addax #Conservation #DesertA

🚨 New species alert! 🚨 Please join us in welcoming Franklin and Marshall! These two addax are half-brothers and the first of their species to call Denver Zoo home. With fewer than 100 individuals in their historic range, addax are critically endangered. Denver Zoo is proud to care for these unique antelope and help ensure the health and survival of addax in the future. (Please note: sparring is a natural, playful behavior for Franklin and Marshall. This video shows them making their public deb

Meet one of the rarest antelopes on Earth – the Addax. Once roaming widely across the Sahara, fewer than 100 Addax are thought to survive in the wild today, with the species now listed as Critically Endangered. At Monarto Safari Park, our Addax are part of a global effort to ensure this remarkable desert specialist doesn’t vanish forever. Adapted to some of the harshest environments on the planet, Addax are built for survival – but poaching, habitat loss and conflict have pushed them to the brin