Hermann Brehm / Oryx (Oyrx gazella) in the dunes. Namib Desert, Namibia, Southern Africa

Hermann Brehm / Oryx in the dunes of the Namib Desert, Namibia. (Oryx gazella)

Jim Brandenburg / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) walking across sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Jim Brandenburg / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) on sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) running, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Theo Allofs / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) pair drinking at waterhole with Oryx (Oryx gazella) in background, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia

Theo Allofs / Oryx (Oryx gazella) group drinking at waterhole, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia

Jim Brandenburg / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) standing on dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Jim Brandenburg / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) trio running on sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Jim Brandenburg / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) running across sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Jim Brandenburg / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) on sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Vincent Grafhorst / Oryx (Oryx gazella), Nossob River, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Oryx (Oryx gazella) on ridge in Kalahari desert landscape, Nossob River, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Oryx (Oryx gazella) group in savannah with storm clouds, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Lethiau Valley, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Gemsbok in long grass {Oryx gazella gazella} Kruger NP South Africa semi desert habitat

Roland Seitre / Beisa oryx (Oryx beisa) standing in grassland, Ethiopia.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) herd standing under trees, Senegal. Captive.

Roland Seitre / Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) infant sleeping on desert floor, UAE. Captive.

Roland Seitre / Three Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) in the desert, Dubai, UAE. Captive.

Roland Seitre / Three Beisa oryx (Oryx beisa) standing in grassland, Ethiopia.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) herd in rocky desert, Degoumes Reserve,Tozeur, Tunisia.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) herd in grassland, Guembeul Natural Reserve, St Louis, Senegal.

Roland Seitre / Two Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) in grassland, Guembeul Natural Reserve, St Louis, Senegal.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) with Mhorr gazelle (Gazella dama mhorr) behind, Guembeul Natural Reserve, St Louis, Senegal.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) herd in desert, Oued Dekouk Nature Reserve, Tataouine, Tunisia.

Roland Seitre / Three Fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) standing in grassland, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.

Roland Seitre / Fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) head portrait, Hallle Park, Mombasa, Kenya.

Roland Seitre / Female Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) with juvenile, Guembeul Natural Reserve, St Louis, Senegal.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) tracks in sand, Sidi Toui National Park, Ben Gardane, Tunisia.

Roland Seitre / Female Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) with calf, walking through desert scrub, Oued Dekouk Nature Reserve, Tataouine, Tunisia.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah) small herd in grassland, Bou Hedma National Park, Sfax, Tunisia.

Richard Du Toit / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) fighting, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Hermann Brehm / Eland (Tragolaphus oryx), females and Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Masai Mara, Kenya

Sergey Gorshkov / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in dunes of Namib Desert, Namibia. December. Finalist in BioPhoto competition 2020.

Suzi Eszterhas / African oryx (Oryx gazella) amongst flowers. In front of the Waterburg Plateau Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia. 2017.

Suzi Eszterhas / African oryx (Oryx gazella), two females with calf. Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Suzi Eszterhas / African oryx (Oryx gazella) female and calf. Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jack Dykinga / Sossusvlei sand dunes in evening light with Oryx heard grazing, Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Three Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) running across sand dunes, Namibia

Christophe Courteau / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in the Sossusvlei Valley, Namib Desert. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

Emanuele Biggi / Small herd of Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in the plains around high red dunes of Sossusvlei, Namibia

Emanuele Biggi / Two Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) walking amongst the plains beside the high red dunes of Sossusvlei, Namibia

Emanuele Biggi / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in the plains around high red dunes of Sossusvlei, Namibia

Emanuele Biggi / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) in the plains beneath red dunes of Sossusvlei, Namibia

Ernie Janes / Two Gemsbok (Oryx gazella), Sossusvlei region, Namib desert, Namibia, March

Ernie Janes / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella), Sossusvlei region, Namib desert, Namibia, March

Suzi Eszterhas / African oryx (Oryx gazella) female with calf, Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Denis-Huot / Cape eland (Taurotragus oryx), male surrounded by insects, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya