- [Voiceover] This is Amali.

She's an addax.

She's also a new mom.

Her calf Adeline is just three weeks old

and she's very important because the addax

is a critically endangered species.

The addax is a native of the Sahara Desert, and once roamed

over vast areas of north Africa.

They're also known as the screw horn antelope.

It's easy to see why.

They're extremely well adapted to life in the desert.

Their white coats reflect the scorching sun,

and their splayed hooves are perfectly tailored

for traversing desert sands.

The addax can also survive extremely long periods

without water.

But these adaptations are no help against humans.

The addax has been hunted nearly into oblivion.

Estimates put their population at less than 200 individuals

in just a few pockets of the Sahara.

Luckily, reintroduction efforts and captive breeding

programs like the one that produced little Adaline

are helping the survival of this species

that has all but disappeared from the face of the Earth.

This is the addax.