RIYADH: In a remarkable conservation milestone, the “Camel Bird,” scientifically known as the Arabian Ostrich, has returned to the Saudi desert after nearly a century. Once abundant across the region, this iconic bird had nearly vanished and was long considered extinct. The Saudi Press Agency recently shared photographs of the red-necked ostriches released in the wild as part of the Kingdom’s ambitious Rewild Arabia Initiative. Historically, the bird was admired by Arab poets and Roman scholars alike, but over the past decades, its population dwindled drastically. Now, under the Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve’s rewilding program, the red-necked ostrich has been reintroduced to Saudi Arabia. Serving as a biological replacement for the extinct Arabian (Syrian) Ostrich—which disappea...