The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The okapi, an endangered species that looks like a cross between a large antelope and a zebra, but is most closely related to the giraffe, is found ...

The baby boom at the Dallas Zoo continues, thanks to a new okapi. Almasi, or “diamond” in Swahili, was born Aug. 14 after a 14-month gestation. The zoo announced ...

The birth of a rare okapi calf is being celebrated by zookeepers — and its arrival will help reveal the secrets of "one of the least known and understood species on the planet," said British news ...

A baby okapi, one of the world’s “least known and understood species”, has been welcomed at Chester Zoo to the delight of conservationists. The stripey mammals are only found in the Democratic ...

Though sometimes called forest giraffes, this creature doesn’t look like a giraffe. It does have a long tongue, but it has the body of a horse and its legs have stripes, like a zebra. Males also have ...

The discovery of the okapi shocked the world in 1901. African explorer, Henry Stanley, called it “donkey-like,” while others thought it a new species of zebra, given the stripes. However, this ...