The Nile lechwe is part of the waterbuck family of antelope – which get their name from predominantly living around water. The species native to South Sudan and Ethiopia is endangered.

Zoo spokeswoman Robyn Lott said a male Nile lechwe got startled and lunged out of its exhibit about 10:35 a.m., breaking a portion of the exhibit's railing in the process. The staff was able to ...

Along with elephants, the Wildlife Conservation Society told CBS News that species at greatest risk include giraffes as well as the African antelope species known as the Nile lechwe and tiang.

These animals—along with a scattering of elephants, an endangered antelope called the Nile Lechwe, and the giant shoebill stork—were the main reason for the creation back in the 1970s of the ...

According to a spokesperson for the zoo, a male Nile Lechwe, an endangered species of antelope, was startled and hurdled out of his exhibit at around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23, breaking a ...

An endangered Nile Lechwe in captivity. [Photo: DannyIacob/iStock] In 50 years, as cities, farms, and other development continues to sprawl into wildlife habitat around the world, 1,700 species ...

Among them are species whose fates will be particularly dire, such as the Lombok cross frog (Indonesia), the Nile lechwe (South Sudan), the pale-browed treehunter (Brazil) and the curve-billed ...

Before the war broke out, South Sudan’s forests and savannah were home to about 2,500 elephants, several hundred giraffe, the endemic Nile Lechwe and white-eared kob, tiang, Mongalla antelope ...

Wildlife, such as the Nile lechwe, the white-eared kob, Roan antelope, topi, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, and the unusual whale-headed stork are also found in the Park. The elevation of the Park is ...