As a child growing up in the Ndumo Game Reserve on the South Africa-Mozambique border, Simon Pooley read an animal encyclopaedia given to his family by a visiting scientist. He became fascinated by ...

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 ...

CNN has reported that the population of Okapi species is now only at 10,000, due to political instability and misuse of resources in Congo. However, it wasn't always this way. Okapi [Animal spot] The ...

The okapi is one of the rainforest’s most mysterious mammals. At first glance, it looks like someone stitched together a zebra and a giraffe. Its hind legs have striking white stripes, its face is ...

A species survival center in Louisiana is awaiting a special delivery: a newborn okapi. The “zebra giraffe” is not an animal you’ll often see at a zoo, the Audubon Nature Institute told McClatchy News ...

Okapi, a relative of giraffes, are dwindling in the wild due to human settlement and deforestation Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

Gold mining in a Democratic Republic of Congo national park is threatening the okapi, a stripy-legged relative of the giraffe, civil society groups warned on Tuesday. They called for a halt to the ...