Simon Payne
Simon Payne is a nature writer specialising in conservation, extinction and rewilding, and is also emeritus professor at the University of Plymouth
Recent articles by Simon Payne
The resurrection of the beautiful Arabian oryx: how Qatar's striking national animal came back from the dead
The Arabian oryx - the national animal of Qatar - had been hunted to extinction by the 1970s. But a remarkable and historic conservation effort restored this beautiful species to its desert home.